M3 crash in Hart on 3 November 2004 at 21:55 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the M3 in Hart at 21:55 on Wednesday 3 November 2004. The 32-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 54-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 2004
- Wednesday, 21:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29553, longitude -0.85902, in the RG27 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fleet West, Hart, GU51 1DL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004440AA1499
- Council area
- Hart
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 3
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2008.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M3 in Hart, 19 November 2008
22 m awayRef 2008440514447
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the M3 in Hart, 12 July 2009
22 m awayRef 2009440303280
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the M3 in Hart, 2 August 2006
22 m awayRef 2006440297636
Slight
Scania crash on an unclassified road in Hart, 9 December 1998
22 m awayRef 1998440AA1949
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Hart, 25 September 1983
45 m awayRef 1983440FH0131
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M3 in Hart, 5 September 1999
54 m awayRef 1999440AA1346
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2004440AA1499 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.