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B2155 crash in Portsmouth on 24 May 1995 at 14:45 involving a Ford Transit bus

A Ford Transit bus and a car were involved in a crash on the B2155 in Portsmouth at 14:45 on Wednesday 24 May 1995. A 75-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 May 1995
Wednesday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78356, longitude -1.08502, 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
1995440VS0200
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2155
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 75, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    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 1995440VS0200 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 1995.