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Fatal A340 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 28 November 2003 at 08:40 involving a Skoda Fabia

A Skoda Fabia hit a pedestrian on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane at 08:40 on Friday 28 November 2003. A 72-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Nov 2003
Friday, 08:40
Vehicles
1
Skoda Fabia
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28413, longitude -1.11052, in the RG24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherborne St John & Rooksdown, Basingstoke and Deane, RG24 9RE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003440BB1442
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 72, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2003440BB1442 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.