Unclassified road crash in Winchester SO23 on 25 December 2000 at 11:10 involving a Rover Vitesse
A Rover Vitesse and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Winchester at 11:10 on Monday 25 December 2000. An 11-year-old male passenger in the Rover Vitesse, a 14-year-old female passenger in the Rover Vitesse and a 2-year-old female passenger in the Rover Vitesse were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2000
- Monday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover Vitesse and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05014, longitude -1.32445, 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
- 2000440OC1933
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 2000.
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 19 April 2000
36 m awayRef 2000440OC0594
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A333 in Winchester, 1 April 1979
51 m awayRef 1979440CC0082
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 1 July 2025
117 m awayRef 2025440290252
Serious
Volvo 360 crash on the B3355 in Winchester, 19 October 1998
121 m awayRef 1998440OC1543
Slight
Lorry crash on a C road in Winchester, 26 April 1979
121 m awayRef 1979440CC0103
Fatal
Car crash on the A333 in Winchester, 9 November 1981
121 m awayRef 1981440OC0382
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover Vitesse
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Vitesse)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Vitesse)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Vitesse)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2000440OC1933 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.