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Unclassified road crash in Southampton SO15 on 16 February 1997 at 02:40 involving a Peugeot 405 taxi

A Peugeot 405 taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Southampton at 02:40 on Sunday 16 February 1997. A 22-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Feb 1997
Sunday, 02:40
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 405
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91172, longitude -1.4061, in the SO15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440SC0063
Council area
Southampton
Police force
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 March 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 1997440SC0063 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southampton road accident statistics for 1997.