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Unclassified road crash in Southampton SO14 on 2 April 1998 at 23:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

Two Ford Fiestas were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Southampton at 23:00 on Thursday 2 April 1998. A 22-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and the 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Apr 1998
Thursday, 23:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91096, longitude -1.39957, in the SO14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440SP0144
Council area
Southampton
Police force
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, 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 1998440SP0144 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southampton road accident statistics for 1998.