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Serious A3090 crash in Winchester on 24 March 1980 at 15:10 involving a minibus

A minibus and a car were involved in a crash on the A3090 in Winchester at 15:10 on Monday 24 March 1980. The 68-year-old male driver of the car and a 31-year-old female passenger in the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Mar 1980
Monday, 15:10
Vehicles
2
Minibus and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0888, longitude -1.29747, in the SO23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kings Worthy.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980440OS0065
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3090
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1980440OS0065 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 1980.