A323 crash in Rushmoor on 28 December 2017 at 17:55 involving a Vauxhall Meriva
A Vauxhall Meriva and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the A323 in Rushmoor at 17:55 on Thursday 28 December 2017. The 35-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Meriva, the 40-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 and a 33-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 307 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 2017
- Thursday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Meriva and Peugeot 307
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24206, longitude -0.74515, in the GU12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aldershot. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Town, Rushmoor, GU12 4QE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440501338
- 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
- 323
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 1995.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A323 in Rushmoor, 1 September 1995
7 m awayRef 1995440AA0515
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A323 in Rushmoor, 20 July 2023
11 m awayRef 2023440292136
Serious
Car crash on the A323 in Rushmoor, 5 December 1985
12 m awayRef 1985440AA0382
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A323 in Rushmoor, 15 July 2003
12 m awayRef 2003440AA0924
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A323 in Rushmoor, 7 April 1992
12 m awayRef 1992440AA0208
Slight
Car crash on the A323 in Rushmoor, 7 July 2005
12 m awayRef 2005440574391
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Meriva)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2017440501338 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.