B2134 crash in Portsmouth on 8 July 1993 at 11:45 involving a Mercedes bus
A Mercedes bus crashed on the B2134 in Portsmouth at 11:45 on Thursday 8 July 1993. A 23-year-old female passenger 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
- 8 Jul 1993
- Thursday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79063, longitude -1.09197, in the PO5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993440KC0195
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2134
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 February 1994.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 5 February 1994
At the same spotRef 1994440KC0031
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 20 April 1982
At the same spotRef 1982440KC0099
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 17 October 1979
At the same spotRef 1979440KC0317
Serious
Minibus crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 15 May 1980
At the same spotRef 1980440KC0143
Slight
Van crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 9 June 1980
At the same spotRef 1980440KC0167
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 31 May 1979
At the same spotRef 1979440KC0155
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,972 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 1993440KC0195 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 1993.