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Fatal A3057 crash in Southampton on 14 February 1983 at 21:55 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on the A3057 in Southampton at 21:55 on Monday 14 February 1983. A 32-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Feb 1983
Monday, 21:55
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94517, longitude -1.46133, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rownhams.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983440YS0106
Council area
Southampton
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3057
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1983440YS0106 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 1983.