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A32 crash in Fareham on 28 May 1997 at 12:26 involving a Volvo 440

A Volvo 440 crashed on the A32 in Fareham at 12:26 on Wednesday 28 May 1997. The 74-year-old female driver and a 75-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 May 1997
Wednesday, 12:26
Vehicles
1
Volvo 440
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86143, longitude -1.17983, in the PO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fareham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440HF0256
Council area
Fareham
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
32
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 January 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 1997440HF0256 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fareham road accident statistics for 1997.