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Unclassified road crash in Winchester SO21 on 27 January 1997 at 18:25 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and an Austin Mini were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Winchester at 18:25 on Monday 27 January 1997. The 80-year-old female driver of the Austin Mini was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jan 1997
Monday, 18:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Austin Mini
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02822, longitude -1.33275, in the SO21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Winchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440OC0145
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Mini)

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 1997440OC0145 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 1997.