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Fatal unclassified road crash in Rushmoor GU11 on 10 January 1998 at 23:35 involving a Metrocab Metrocab

A Metrocab Metrocab hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Rushmoor at 23:35 on Saturday 10 January 1998. A 28-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
10 Jan 1998
Saturday, 23:35
Vehicles
1
Metrocab Metrocab
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2502, longitude -0.764, in the GU11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aldershot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440AA0033
Council area
Rushmoor
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Metrocab Metrocab

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing in zig-zag approach lines
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1998440AA0033 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rushmoor road accident statistics for 1998.