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Serious unclassified road crash in Rushmoor GU14 on 17 December 1998 at 00:55 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Carbodies Taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor at 00:55 on Thursday 17 December 1998. The 32-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was seriously injured and a 27-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Dec 1998
Thursday, 00:55
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Carbodies Taxi
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30276, longitude -0.77693, in the GU14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Farnborough.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440AA2006
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    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 1998440AA2006 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.