A323 crash in Rushmoor on 27 May 2020 at 16:15 involving a Mercedes C Class van
A Mercedes C Class van and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on the A323 in Rushmoor at 16:15 on Wednesday 27 May 2020. The 63-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class van was 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
- 27 May 2020
- Wednesday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Skoda Fabia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24179, longitude -0.73988, 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
- 2020440188926
- Council area
- Rushmoor
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 323
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A323 in Rushmoor, 21 June 2006
4 m awayRef 2006440235137
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor, 29 June 1989
18 m awayRef 1989440AA0195
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A323 in Rushmoor, 20 October 2009
18 m awayRef 2009440457594
Slight
Car crash on the A323 in Rushmoor, 15 March 2000
19 m awayRef 2000440AA0427
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A323 in Rushmoor, 16 December 1999
21 m awayRef 1999440AA2028
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A323 in Rushmoor, 5 June 2000
21 m awayRef 2000440AA0885
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
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
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- 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 2020440188926 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 2020.