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Serious A33 crash in Winchester on 21 December 1979 at 17:30 involving a van

Three vans and five cars were involved in a crash on the A33 in Winchester at 17:30 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 17-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1979
Friday, 17:30
Vehicles
8
Van and 7 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10937, longitude -1.27859, in the SO21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Winchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979440CS0223
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
33
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 1981.

Vehicles involved (8)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 5: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 6: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 7: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 8: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1979440CS0223 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.