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Unclassified road crash in Southampton SO16 on 26 January 1998 at 08:15 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Southampton at 08:15 on Monday 26 January 1998. The 46-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series, the 23-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 5-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1998
Monday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94113, longitude -1.48429, in the SO16 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440YS0057
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 1998440YS0057 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.