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Serious A340 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 1 April 2003 at 17:15 involving an Audi A6

An Audi A6 and a Toyota were involved in a crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane at 17:15 on Tuesday 1 April 2003. The 43-year-old male driver of the Toyota was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Apr 2003
Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Audi A6 and Toyota
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25494, longitude -1.10292, in the RG21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eastrop & Grove, Basingstoke and Deane, RG22 4AZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003440BB0392
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
340
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
340

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A6

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,790 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota)

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 2003440BB0392 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 2003.