Serious unclassified road crash in Rushmoor GU11 on 24 April 2015 at 22:12 involving a Ford Kuga
A Ford Kuga and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor at 22:12 on Friday 24 April 2015. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Ford Kuga was seriously injured and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane and the 80-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Apr 2015
- Friday, 22:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Kuga and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25954, longitude -0.76103, in the GU11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wellington, Rushmoor, GU11 4GZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440138560
- Council area
- Rushmoor
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 March 1986.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 16 March 1986
2 m awayRef 1986440AA0107
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 4 December 2002
2 m awayRef 2002440AA1849
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 2 August 2005
2 m awayRef 2005440609645
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 7 February 1984
2 m awayRef 1984440AA0050
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 14 September 1995
2 m awayRef 1995440AA0553
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 28 June 1985
2 m awayRef 1985440AA0203
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Kuga)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 2015440138560 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 2015.