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Serious unclassified road crash in Southampton SO18 on 29 March 2001 at 16:00 involving a Vauxhall Frontera

Three cars, a Vauxhall Frontera and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Southampton at 16:00 on Thursday 29 March 2001. A 24-year-old male passenger in vehicle 4 was seriously injured and the 48-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Mar 2001
Thursday, 16:00
Vehicles
5
Vauxhall Frontera and 4 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9218, longitude -1.35291, in the SO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harefield, Southampton, SO18 4QN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001440ST0174
Council area
Southampton
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 1981.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Frontera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    2,410 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 5: Ford Escort

    Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

    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 2001440ST0174 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 2001.