Serious B3002 crash in East Hampshire on 22 December 2000 at 14:50 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B3002 in East Hampshire at 14:50 on Friday 22 December 2000. A 59-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort was seriously injured and the 61-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 47-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Dec 2000
- Friday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1154, longitude -0.77745, in the GU26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hindhead and Grayshott.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hampshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000440OL1923
- Council area
- East Hampshire
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3002
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2013.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B3002 in East Hampshire, 30 June 2013
23 m awayRef 2013440238977
Slight
Car crash on the B3002 in East Hampshire, 9 November 1984
30 m awayRef 1984440PW0233
Serious
Honda CG125B crash on an unclassified road in East Hampshire, 4 July 1991
30 m awayRef 1991440PW0151
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3002 in East Hampshire, 3 December 1983
32 m awayRef 1983440PW0235
Slight
Opel Manta crash on the B3002 in East Hampshire, 26 February 1990
32 m awayRef 1990440PW0058
Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in East Hampshire, 20 July 2025
51 m awayRef 2025440324252
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- 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 2000440OL1923 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 2000.