A327 crash in Rushmoor on 8 January 2002 at 11:20 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A327 in Rushmoor at 11:20 on Tuesday 8 January 2002. The 41-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 37-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jan 2002
- Tuesday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28788, longitude -0.76112, in the GU14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Farnborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Empress, Rushmoor, GU14 7ES area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002440AA0033
- Council area
- Rushmoor
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 327
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 1995.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A327 in Rushmoor, 28 November 1995
At the same spotRef 1995440AF0936
Slight
Honda Concerto crash on the A327 in Rushmoor, 1 April 2003
14 m awayRef 2003440AA0439
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A327 in Rushmoor, 19 January 2007
14 m awayRef 2007440031911
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A327 in Rushmoor, 8 January 2023
20 m awayRef 2023440009812
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A327 in Rushmoor, 11 September 2018
22 m awayRef 2018440343390
Slight
Honda CBR600RR crash on the A327 in Rushmoor, 17 January 2008
22 m awayRef 2008440021927
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside, crossed central reservation
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2002440AA0033 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 2002.