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Serious A3092 crash in Winchester on 28 December 1979 at 19:40 involving a car

Two cars, a motor scooter and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3092 in Winchester at 19:40 on Friday 28 December 1979. The 18-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was seriously injured and a 28-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and an 18-year-old male passenger on the motor scooter were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Dec 1979
Friday, 19:40
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06551, longitude -1.31209, in the SO23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winchester.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979440CC0378
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3092
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 September 1979.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 4: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 1979440CC0378 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Winchester road accident statistics for 1979.