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A272 crash in East Hampshire on 8 June 1998 at 07:45 involving a Foden lorry

A Foden lorry crashed on the A272 in East Hampshire at 07:45 on Monday 8 June 1998. The 24-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jun 1998
Monday, 07:45
Vehicles
1
Foden
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01158, longitude -0.92274, in the GU31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hampshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440OL0813
Council area
East Hampshire
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
272
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2070

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Foden

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Foden)

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 1998440OL0813 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hampshire road accident statistics for 1998.