Serious A340 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 17 August 2016 at 08:05 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane at 08:05 on Wednesday 17 August 2016. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Aug 2016
- Wednesday, 08:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34853, longitude -1.13535, in the RG26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tadley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tadley & Pamber, Basingstoke and Deane, RG26 3HW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440308208
- 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
- 340
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
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
- 89%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 11%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2020.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 2 February 2020
2 m awayRef 2020440041204
Slight
Scooter crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 30 October 1985
6 m awayRef 1985440BL0116
Serious
Car crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 21 October 1983
6 m awayRef 1983440BL0157
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 7 January 1992
6 m awayRef 1992440BB0016
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 7 November 2016
8 m awayRef 2016440420441
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 25 February 1993
10 m awayRef 1993440BB0214
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
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 2016440308208 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 2016.