Unclassified road crash in Southampton SO18 on 10 November 1995 at 16:20 involving an Austin Mini
An Austin Mini and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Southampton at 16:20 on Friday 10 November 1995. The 78-year-old male driver of the Austin Mini, a 78-year-old female passenger in the Austin Mini and the 28-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro were 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
- 10 Nov 1995
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Mini and Austin Metro
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92254, longitude -1.36058, in the SO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1995440TB0577
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1995440TB0577 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 1995.