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Serious unclassified road crash in Portsmouth PO5 on 29 July 1985 at 01:00 involving a van

A van crashed on an unclassified road in Portsmouth at 01:00 on Monday 29 July 1985. An 18-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Jul 1985
Monday, 01:00
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78423, longitude -1.07763, in the PO5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985440VS0329
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1985440VS0329 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.