B3272 crash in Rushmoor on 24 December 2002 at 08:00 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B3272 in Rushmoor at 08:00 on Tuesday 24 December 2002. The 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van, the 52-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 53-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2002
- Tuesday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30985, longitude -0.75493, in the GU14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Farnborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frimley, Surrey Heath, GU16 7AL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002440AA1986
- Council area
- Rushmoor
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3272
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2007.
Slight
Seat Cordoba crash on the B3272 in Rushmoor, 10 August 2007
At the same spotRef 2007440412589
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 4 November 2003
At the same spotRef 2003440AA1487
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the B3272 in Rushmoor, 19 April 2017
3 m awayRef 2017440146286
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B3272 in Rushmoor, 29 January 2014
8 m awayRef 2014440033891
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3272 in Rushmoor, 8 July 2017
9 m awayRef 2017440261997
Serious
Honda MSX125 crash on the B3272 in Rushmoor, 8 November 2018
10 m awayRef 2018440420690
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2002440AA1986 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.