B2149 crash in East Hampshire on 15 September 2008 at 18:35 involving a Skoda Octavia taxi
A Skoda Octavia taxi and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on the B2149 in East Hampshire at 18:35 on Monday 15 September 2008. The 17-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2008
- Monday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88379, longitude -0.96862, in the PO9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rowlands Castle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rowlands Castle, East Hampshire, PO9 6DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hampshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008440412353
- Council area
- East Hampshire
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2149
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2148
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 2005.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B2148 in Havant, 18 May 2005
At the same spotRef 2005440506073
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2149 in Havant, 19 March 1991
At the same spotRef 1991440JH0114
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the B2149 in Havant, 24 July 1995
At the same spotRef 1995440JH0251
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B2149 in East Hampshire, 27 February 2020
1 m awayRef 2020440074495
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the B2149 in East Hampshire, 6 November 2020
3 m awayRef 2020440430575
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B2149 in East Hampshire, 12 October 2021
6 m awayRef 2021440409359
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
- 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 2008440412353 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hampshire road accident statistics for 2008.