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A340 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 8 March 2024 at 17:40 involving a Hyundai Tucson

A Hyundai Tucson and a Fiat Ducato were involved in a crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane at 17:40 on Friday 8 March 2024. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Ducato and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Ducato were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Mar 2024
Friday, 17:40
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Tucson and Fiat Ducato
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28068, longitude -1.10585, in the RG24 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
2024440101722
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Tucson

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South 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
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,991 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Ducato

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,287 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Ducato)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Ducato)

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 2024440101722 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 2024.