A340 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 16 July 2018 at 07:14 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Peugeot 208 were involved in a crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane at 07:14 on Monday 16 July 2018. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jul 2018
- Monday, 07:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Peugeot 208
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27655, longitude -1.10191, in the RG21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Norden, Basingstoke and Deane, RG21 6YH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440267251
- 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
- 340
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 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 1993.
Slight
Austin Morris Mini crash on an unclassified road in Basingstoke and Deane, 20 December 1993
2 m awayRef 1993440BB1491
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 14 February 2015
9 m awayRef 2015440053108
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane, 4 November 1993
10 m awayRef 1993440BB1253
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane, 16 December 1993
13 m awayRef 1993440BB1466
Slight
Dennis crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane, 11 April 1998
13 m awayRef 1998440BB0433
Serious
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane, 9 December 2005
13 m awayRef 2005440805514
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 208)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 208)
- 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 2018440267251 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.