A31 crash in East Hampshire on 7 December 2017 at 18:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 308 were involved in a crash on the A31 in East Hampshire at 18:20 on Thursday 7 December 2017. The 70-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 50-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 308 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2017
- Thursday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Peugeot 308
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11466, longitude -1.03631, in the GU34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Four Marks. It is one of the crashes that make up the Four Marks & Medstead, East Hampshire, GU34 5HH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hampshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440475967
- Council area
- East Hampshire
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 31
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2022.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A31 in East Hampshire, 20 December 2022
2 m awayRef 2022440510847
Slight
BMW R 1200 crash on the A31 in East Hampshire, 5 November 2014
3 m awayRef 2014440399062
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A31 in East Hampshire, 14 August 2003
4 m awayRef 2003440OL1167
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the A31 in East Hampshire, 28 February 2018
5 m awayRef 2018440078449
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A31 in East Hampshire, 15 January 2024
6 m awayRef 2024440021150
Slight
Yamaha R crash on the A31 in East Hampshire, 27 March 2024
7 m awayRef 2024440131190
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017440475967 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hampshire road accident statistics for 2017.