A331 crash in Rushmoor on 24 May 2011 at 08:20 involving a Mazda MX-5
A Mazda MX-5, a Mazda 3 and a car were involved in a crash on the A331 in Rushmoor at 08:20 on Tuesday 24 May 2011. The 47-year-old female driver of the Mazda MX-5 and the 33-year-old male driver of the Mazda 3 were 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
- 24 May 2011
- Tuesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mazda MX-5 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27654, longitude -0.73461, in the GU14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Mark's, Rushmoor, GU14 6HJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011440214676
- Council area
- Rushmoor
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 331
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 3011
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 December 2010.
Serious
Volkswagen Lupo crash on the A331 in Rushmoor, 13 December 2010
10 m awayRef 2010440523428
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A331 in Rushmoor, 16 September 2011
10 m awayRef 2011440395554
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 30 May 2002
10 m awayRef 200245RW23223
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A331 in Rushmoor, 4 September 2017
14 m awayRef 2017440342240
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A331 in Rushmoor, 8 January 2016
17 m awayRef 2016440011642
Slight
Renault Captur crash on the A331 in Rushmoor, 3 January 2016
21 m awayRef 2016440002656
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)
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 2011440214676 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rushmoor road accident statistics for 2011.