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Fatal A30 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 28 March 2018 at 04:59 involving a Fiat 500

A Fiat 500 crashed on the A30 in Basingstoke and Deane at 04:59 on Wednesday 28 March 2018. The 18-year-old female driver and an 18-year-old female passenger were killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Mar 2018
Wednesday, 04:59
Vehicles
1
Fiat 500
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27075, longitude -1.01504, in the RG27 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Basing & Upton Grey, Basingstoke and Deane, RG27 9PA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018440114591
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
30
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2018440114591 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 2018.