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Unclassified road crash on the Isle of Wight PO32 on 26 May 1998 at 07:50 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and an Audi 100 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight at 07:50 on Tuesday 26 May 1998. The 51-year-old male driver of the Audi 100 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 May 1998
Tuesday, 07:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Audi 100
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75063, longitude -1.28836, in the PO32 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Cowes.

Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Wight

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440ZD0441
Council area
Isle of Wight
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi 100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi 100)

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 1998440ZD0441 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Isle of Wight road accident statistics for 1998.