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A339 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 6 March 2002 at 22:00 involving a Toyota MR2

A car and a Toyota MR2 were involved in a crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane at 22:00 on Wednesday 6 March 2002. The 19-year-old male driver of the Toyota MR2 and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Toyota MR2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Mar 2002
Wednesday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Toyota MR2
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26925, longitude -1.06938, in the RG24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eastrop & Grove, Basingstoke and Deane, RG21 4EQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002440BB0298
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
339
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota MR2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota MR2)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota MR2)

    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 2002440BB0298 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basingstoke and Deane road accident statistics for 2002.