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Serious A272 crash in Winchester on 27 February 1993 at 00:15 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 and a Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A272 in Winchester at 00:15 on Saturday 27 February 1993. The 27-year-old male rider of the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Feb 1993
Saturday, 00:15
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 205 and Vespa (Douglas)
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07375, longitude -1.33766, in the SO22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winchester.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993440OC0107
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
272
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Dark, street lights lit
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 13 January 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vespa (Douglas)

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Vespa (Douglas))

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 1993440OC0107 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Winchester road accident statistics for 1993.