# Near Basingstoke, Hampshire · Place

> Where David Sands's car hit a disused cafe on 30 March 1987. In The Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990.

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# Near Basingstoke, Hampshire

Where David Sands's car hit a disused cafe on 30 March 1987

[The Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)[1 event][51.2660° N, 1.0870° W]

Near Basingstoke, Hampshire is a town in the record of Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990, placed to about 10 km.

One event happened here: David Sands dies in a crash into a disused cafe, 30 Mar 1987.

Town point; reports place the cafe near Basingstoke or outside Winchester, and the exact site is not established.

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Placed to about 10 km[Open the mystery's map](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists#map)

## In the mysteries

**The Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990**

Where David Sands's car hit a disused cafe on 30 March 1987 · 1 event

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)

## What happened here 1

30 Mar 1987[David Sands dies in a crash into a disused cafe](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES14QFY9/david-sands-dies-in-a-crash-into-a-disused-cafe)

## Nearby within 500 km

[Frimley, Surrey](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/places/PLC0DGGE5F11PPQ/frimley-surrey)

town

24 km E

[Camberley, Surrey](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/places/PLC0DGGE5F0XRPK/camberley-surrey)

town

25 km E

[Woking, Surrey](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/places/PLC0DGGE5F13AW4/woking-surrey)

town

37 km E

[Maidenhead, Berkshire](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/places/PLC0DGGE5F16DE4/maidenhead-berkshire)

town

38 km NE

[Taplow Lake, Buckinghamshire](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/places/PLC0DGGE5F0H98M/taplow-lake-buckinghamshire)

lake

40 km NE

[Woodhenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWPEC01PF0/woodhenge)

timber circle and henge

49 km W

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Near Basingstoke, Hampshire [Place PLC0DGGE5F0Y54T]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DGGE5F0Y54T
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Key

**PLC** 0DGGE5F0Y54T

Record

Place

Kind

Town

Position

51.2660° N, 1.0870° W

Precision

About 10 km

In

[Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)

Version

1

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