A30 crash in Hart on 24 September 2002 at 19:10 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, a Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on the A30 in Hart at 19:10 on Tuesday 24 September 2002. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Sep 2002
- Tuesday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Megane and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32422, longitude -0.81424, in the GU17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Hart
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002440AA1402
- Council area
- Hart
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 1997.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A30 in Hart, 30 May 1997
22 m awayRef 1997440AA0694
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A30 in Hart, 17 February 2024
27 m awayRef 2024440071211
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A30 in Hart, 29 December 2002
30 m awayRef 2002440AA2001
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A30 in Hart, 11 December 2015
46 m awayRef 2015440433163
Fatal
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A30 in Hart, 27 April 2021
48 m awayRef 2021440160380
Serious
Car crash on the A30 in Hart, 9 July 2022
92 m awayRef 2022440275073
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2002440AA1402 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hart road accident statistics for 2002.