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Serious A30 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 20 April 2002 at 23:45 involving an MG MGF

A vehicle and an MG MGF were involved in a crash on the A30 in Basingstoke and Deane at 23:45 on Saturday 20 April 2002. The 66-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Apr 2002
Saturday, 23:45
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and MG MGF
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24611, longitude -1.12372, in the RG22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basingstoke. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hatch Warren & Beggarwood, Basingstoke and Deane, RG22 4PH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002440BB0481
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
30
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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years

  • Vehicle 2: MG MGF

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 66, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

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 2002440BB0481 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.