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A32 crash in Gosport on 22 December 1998 at 21:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A32 in Gosport at 21:45 on Tuesday 22 December 1998. The 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83178, longitude -1.1714, in the PO13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gosport.

Map of where the crash happened in Gosport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440GG0680
Council area
Gosport
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
32
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 July 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 1998440GG0680 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.