Unclassified road crash in Winchester SO23 on 13 September 1997 at 11:20 involving a Vauxhall Nova
A Vauxhall Nova and a Mercedes 200 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Winchester at 11:20 on Saturday 13 September 1997. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes 200 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
- 13 Sep 1997
- Saturday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Nova and Mercedes 200
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06171, longitude -1.30815, 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
- 1997440OC1332
- 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
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 1994.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A272 in Winchester, 17 March 1994
10 m awayRef 1994440OC0193
Slight
Car crash on the A272 in Winchester, 12 April 1988
14 m awayRef 1988440OC0297
Serious
Car crash on the A3092 in Winchester, 13 December 1979
28 m awayRef 1979440CC0363
Fatal
Car crash on the A272 in Winchester, 9 June 1982
28 m awayRef 1982440OC0199
Slight
Car crash on the A272 in Winchester, 23 February 1979
28 m awayRef 1979440CC0047
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A272 in Winchester, 26 November 1979
28 m awayRef 1979440CC0335
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes 200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 200)
- 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 1997440OC1332 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.