Serious A327 crash in Hart on 13 September 2004 at 23:59 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Transit minibus were involved in a crash on the A327 in Hart at 23:59 on Monday 13 September 2004. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured and a 59-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit minibus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Sep 2004
- Monday, 23:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29357, longitude -0.80629, in the GU51 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cove and Southwood, Rushmoor, GU14 0FB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hart
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004440AA1232
- Council area
- Hart
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 327
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 90%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 10%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1997.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B3014 in Hart, 24 October 1997
At the same spotRef 1997440AA1469
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A327 in Hart, 12 December 2003
At the same spotRef 2003440AA1717
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 3 December 1988
22 m awayRef 1988440FR0526
Serious
Leyland Cars crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 18 July 1990
22 m awayRef 1990440FR0280
Serious
Fiat 5 crash on an unclassified road in Hart, 2 May 1990
22 m awayRef 1990440AL0117
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Hart, 9 July 1982
36 m awayRef 1982440AL0192
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- 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 2004440AA1232 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hart road accident statistics for 2004.