A340 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 6 May 2008 at 17:04 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a car were involved in a crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane at 17:04 on Tuesday 6 May 2008. The 21-year-old female driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 2008
- Tuesday, 17:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27507, longitude -1.11256, in the RG23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basingstoke. It is one of the crashes that make up the Norden, Basingstoke and Deane, RG21 6YH 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
- 2008440197592
- Council area
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 340
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 339
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 August 1995.
Serious
ERF crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 21 August 1995
At the same spotRef 1995440BB1009
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 4 June 2005
At the same spotRef 2005440529938
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane, 20 August 1994
At the same spotRef 1994440BB0891
Slight
Seat Toledo crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 19 February 2007
At the same spotRef 2007440080255
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 8 October 2014
6 m awayRef 2014440363985
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 6 November 2024
7 m awayRef 2024440484550
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
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 2008440197592 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 2008.