B3008 crash in Rushmoor on 23 March 2017 at 09:15 involving a Mercedes ML Class
A Mercedes ML Class and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the B3008 in Rushmoor at 09:15 on Thursday 23 March 2017. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes ML Class and the 34-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Mar 2017
- Thursday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes ML Class and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24321, longitude -0.78092, in the GU11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aldershot. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rowhill, Rushmoor, GU11 1YX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440108146
- Council area
- Rushmoor
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3008
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 1986.
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 7 January 1986
9 m awayRef 1986440AA0007
Serious
Volvo C70 crash on the B3008 in Rushmoor, 11 March 2023
81 m awayRef 2023440098270
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3008 in Rushmoor, 29 October 2012
97 m awayRef 2012440422977
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B3008 in Rushmoor, 8 July 1998
99 m awayRef 1998440AA0982
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 20 December 2005
100 m awayRef 2005440822074
Slight
Car crash on the B3008 in Rushmoor, 17 February 1979
101 m awayRef 1979440AA0060
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes ML Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,688 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes ML Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 2017440108146 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 2017.