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A27 crash in Portsmouth on 23 December 1998 at 18:15 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A27 in Portsmouth at 18:15 on Wednesday 23 December 1998. The 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1998
Wednesday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84635, longitude -1.08691, in the PO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440RC0701
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,100 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1998440RC0701 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Portsmouth road accident statistics for 1998.