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Serious A33 crash in Eastleigh on 31 December 1987 at 18:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A33 in Eastleigh at 18:30 on Thursday 31 December 1987. The 27-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 1987
Thursday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96252, longitude -1.38794, in the SO53 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastleigh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987440LA0714
Council area
Eastleigh
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
33
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
27

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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1987440LA0714 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastleigh road accident statistics for 1987.