Serious A325 crash in Rushmoor on 15 December 2002 at 12:15 involving a Suzuki Vitara
Four vehicles, including a car and a Suzuki Vitara, were involved in a crash on the A325 in Rushmoor at 12:15 on Sunday 15 December 2002. The 29-year-old male driver of the Toyota Celica was seriously injured and the 35-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Dec 2002
- Sunday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- Suzuki Vitara and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27721, longitude -0.75524, in the GU14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Farnborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Mark's, Rushmoor, GU14 6AT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002440AA1925
- 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
- 325
- Road type
- Single 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 1997.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 19 September 1997
42 m awayRef 1997440AA1263
Serious
Car crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 9 November 1979
45 m awayRef 1979440AA0398
Slight
Kawasaki KH100 crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 8 December 1992
50 m awayRef 1992440FR0878
Slight
Car crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 28 March 1981
63 m awayRef 1981440AF0072
Slight
Hyundai Sonata crash on the A325 in Hart, 8 April 2001
81 m awayRef 2001440AA0570
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 16 September 1982
89 m awayRef 1982440AF0252
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Toyota Celica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Toyota Celica)
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 2002440AA1925 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.