A325 crash in Rushmoor on 26 May 1998 at 19:00 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
Four vehicles, including a vehicle and a Vauxhall Vectra, were involved in a crash on the A325 in Rushmoor at 19:00 on Tuesday 26 May 1998. The 30-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 May 1998
- Tuesday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Vectra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25729, longitude -0.77083, in the GU11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aldershot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998440AA0720
- Council area
- Rushmoor
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 325
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 July 1997.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 2 July 1997
28 m awayRef 1997440AA0856
Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 14 November 2010
32 m awayRef 2010440482981
Serious
Smart Roadster crash on the A325 in Hart, 12 May 2005
32 m awayRef 2005440498446
Serious
Car crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 7 May 2020
34 m awayRef 2020440160990
Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 1 June 2023
40 m awayRef 2023440217042
Fatal
Car crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 5 August 1985
41 m awayRef 1985440AA0236
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Female
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 4: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 1998440AA0720 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.