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Unclassified road crash in Portsmouth PO6 on 5 December 1997 at 07:36 involving a Volvo 850

A Volvo 850 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Portsmouth at 07:36 on Friday 5 December 1997. An 18-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 1997
Friday, 07:36
Vehicles
1
Volvo 850
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8436, longitude -1.06936, in the PO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440RC0569
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual 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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 850

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,319 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 850)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1997440RC0569 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 1997.