Unclassified road crash in Fareham PO16 on 17 December 1998 at 09:15 involving a Leyland National bus
A Leyland National bus and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Fareham at 09:15 on Thursday 17 December 1998. A 35-year-old male passenger in the Leyland National bus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 1998
- Thursday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Leyland National and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84797, longitude -1.12296, in the PO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998440HF0748
- Council area
- Fareham
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 April 1989.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Leyland National
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,070 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- 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 1998440HF0748 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fareham road accident statistics for 1998.