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Unclassified road crash in Southampton SO14 on 15 July 1979 at 07:50 involving a minibus

Two minibuses were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Southampton at 07:50 on Sunday 15 July 1979. A 20-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jul 1979
Sunday, 07:50
Vehicles
2
Minibus and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91131, longitude -1.39686, in the SO14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton.

Map of where the crash happened in Southampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979440FC0285
Council area
Southampton
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 17 June 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 1979440FC0285 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southampton road accident statistics for 1979.