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Serious unclassified road crash in Havant PO11 on 7 January 1998 at 16:30 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Fiat Panda were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Havant at 16:30 on Wednesday 7 January 1998. The 80-year-old male driver of the Fiat Panda was seriously injured and a 67-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Punto and the 58-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Jan 1998
Wednesday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Fiat Panda
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78911, longitude -1.00489, in the PO11 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Hayling.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440JL0002
Council area
Havant
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
Crossroads
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, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Panda)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

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 1998440JL0002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havant road accident statistics for 1998.