A34 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 3 December 2015 at 17:26 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A34 in Basingstoke and Deane at 17:26 on Thursday 3 December 2015. The 22-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2015
- Thursday, 17:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.20527, longitude -1.3388, in the RG28 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Basingstoke and Deane
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440420499
- 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
- 34
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2019.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A34 in Basingstoke and Deane, 11 March 2019
13 m awayRef 2019440085527
Serious
Mercedes GLB Class crash on the A34 in Basingstoke and Deane, 10 May 2025
24 m awayRef 2025440203884
Slight
Jaguar F-Pace crash on the A34 in Basingstoke and Deane, 27 December 2019
26 m awayRef 2019440463371
Slight
Lorry crash on the A34 in Basingstoke and Deane, 11 December 1980
27 m awayRef 1980440BW0213
Serious
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A34 in Basingstoke and Deane, 8 February 2023
40 m awayRef 2023440053481
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A34 in Basingstoke and Deane, 5 August 2006
76 m awayRef 2006440302242
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2015440420499 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 2015.