Unclassified road crash in Winchester SO23 on 21 December 2000 at 16:55 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Winchester at 16:55 on Thursday 21 December 2000. The 63-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 47-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2000
- Thursday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Polo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05272, longitude -1.31913, in the SO23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winchester.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000440OC1913
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 1990.
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Honda Concerto crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 29 June 2001
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Serious
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2000440OC1913 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 2000.