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Unclassified road crash in Portsmouth PO6 on 20 April 1985 at 15:55 involving a taxi

Two taxis were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth at 15:55 on Saturday 20 April 1985. A 36-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 T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Apr 1985
Saturday, 15:55
Vehicles
2
Taxi and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8435, longitude -1.07902, in the PO6 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985440CC0142
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    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 1985440CC0142 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Portsmouth road accident statistics for 1985.