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Unclassified road crash in Portsmouth PO6 on 16 August 1990 at 17:00 involving a Ford Capri

A Ford Capri and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth at 17:00 on Thursday 16 August 1990. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Capri was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Aug 1990
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Capri and Renault 5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84675, longitude -1.06901, in the PO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990440CC0408
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)

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 1990440CC0408 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 1990.