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Serious M3 crash in Hart on 22 December 2004 at 23:00 involving a car

A car crashed on the M3 in Hart at 23:00 on Wednesday 22 December 2004. An 18-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver was 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
Serious
Date
22 Dec 2004
Wednesday, 23:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30181, longitude -0.80363, in the GU51 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St John's, Rushmoor, GU14 9XX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hart

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004440AA1757
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

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
90%
Estimated chance it was slight
10%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 2004440AA1757 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.