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Unclassified road crash in Winchester SO23 on 12 January 1996 at 19:00 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus crashed on an unclassified road in Winchester at 19:00 on Friday 12 January 1996. A 78-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jan 1996
Friday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0619, longitude -1.31, in the SO23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winchester.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996440OC0032
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 1996440OC0032 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 1996.