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A27 crash in Southampton on 24 November 1997 at 14:14 involving an Iveco-Ford bus

An Iveco-Ford bus and a car were involved in a crash on the A27 in Southampton at 14:14 on Monday 24 November 1997. A 30-year-old male passenger in the Iveco-Ford bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Nov 1997
Monday, 14:14
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93794, longitude -1.36564, in the SO18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Southampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440WP0663
Council area
Southampton
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
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
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 1997440WP0663 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.