M3 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 6 July 2004 at 07:40 involving a Fiat Bravo
A Fiat Bravo and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane at 07:40 on Tuesday 6 July 2004. A 35-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Bravo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2004
- Tuesday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Bravo and Peugeot 406
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26232, longitude -1.0357, in the RG24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Old Basing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Basing & Upton Grey, Basingstoke and Deane, RG24 7BG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Basingstoke and Deane
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004440BB0769
- Council area
- Basingstoke and Deane
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 February 1995.
Serious
Renault Trafic crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 22 February 1995
22 m awayRef 1995440BB0268
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 31 August 1994
22 m awayRef 1994440BB0943
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 24 March 2025
23 m awayRef 2025440128772
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 5 May 2019
28 m awayRef 2019440154403
Serious
Jaguar XF Series crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 28 April 2017
31 m awayRef 2017440158642
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 6 September 2009
51 m awayRef 2009440389399
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Bravo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,761 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)
- 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 2004440BB0769 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.