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Unclassified road crash in Gosport PO13 on 2 December 1998 at 18:10 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gosport at 18:10 on Wednesday 2 December 1998. The 36-year-old female driver of the Renault 5 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 1998
Wednesday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Renault 5 and Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80658, longitude -1.1937, in the PO13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lee-on-the-Solent.

Map of where the crash happened in Gosport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440GG0643
Council area
Gosport
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    82 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

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 1998440GG0643 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gosport road accident statistics for 1998.