B3040 crash in Winchester on 15 April 1998 at 20:10 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B3040 in Winchester at 20:10 on Wednesday 15 April 1998. The 37-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Apr 1998
- Wednesday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.055, longitude -1.34535, in the SO22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winchester.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998440OC0540
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3040
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 1994.
Slight
Austin Morris Mini crash on the A3090 in Winchester, 13 November 1994
At the same spotRef 1994440OC0848
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 20 November 1986
At the same spotRef 1986440OC0416
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the B3040 in Winchester, 20 March 2010
At the same spotRef 2010440113480
Slight
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9 m awayRef 2018440061062
Slight
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Serious
Piaggio Zip crash on the B3040 in Winchester, 24 August 2006
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 1998440OC0540 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Winchester road accident statistics for 1998.