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A335 crash in Southampton on 8 April 1993 at 19:40 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the A335 in Southampton at 19:40 on Thursday 8 April 1993. A 74-year-old female passenger in the Ford Cortina, a 67-year-old female passenger in the Ford Cortina and the 27-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 1993
Thursday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Ford Cortina
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94222, longitude -1.37554, in the SO16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Southampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993440WP0150
Council area
Southampton
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
335
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
27

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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 November 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 1993440WP0150 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southampton road accident statistics for 1993.