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Serious A339 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 31 March 2004 at 17:47 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a car were involved in a crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane at 17:47 on Wednesday 31 March 2004. The 19-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Mar 2004
Wednesday, 17:47
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35909, longitude -1.25974, in the RG19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst, Basingstoke and Deane, RG19 8AB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004440BB0367
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
339
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
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
89%
Estimated chance it was slight
11%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

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 2004440BB0367 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 2004.