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A33 crash in Southampton on 25 January 1979 at 12:00 involving a car

Two cars and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A33 in Southampton at 12:00 on Thursday 25 January 1979. The 34-year-old female driver of vehicle 3 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jan 1979
Thursday, 12:00
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92484, longitude -1.40523, in the SO15 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
1979440FP0031
Council area
Southampton
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

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 1979440FP0031 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.