Serious A325 crash in Rushmoor on 7 April 2017 at 18:15 involving a Kia Rio
A Kia Rio, a Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A325 in Rushmoor at 18:15 on Friday 7 April 2017. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Apr 2017
- Friday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Kia Rio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24753, longitude -0.78205, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440130355
- 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
- 325
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 91%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 9%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 2023.
Slight
Kia Rio crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 15 February 2023
2 m awayRef 2023440064389
Slight
MCC Smart crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 23 September 2003
4 m awayRef 2003440AA1268
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 8 December 1994
4 m awayRef 1994440AA0704
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 28 January 2008
4 m awayRef 2008440038955
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 11 October 2003
4 m awayRef 2003440AA1369
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A325 in Rushmoor, 6 October 2009
4 m awayRef 2009440435298
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Kia Rio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Rio)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017440130355 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.