Serious unclassified road crash in Gosport PO12 on 10 October 2015 at 13:05 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gosport at 13:05 on Saturday 10 October 2015. There were seven casualties: three people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Oct 2015
- Saturday, 13:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 7
- 3 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81343, longitude -1.1402, in the PO12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gosport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hardway, Gosport, PO12 4RE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gosport
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440352174
- Council area
- Gosport
- 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
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
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Fatal
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 7,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (7)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 76, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 63, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 2015440352174 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gosport road accident statistics for 2015.