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Serious unclassified road crash in Gosport PO13 on 14 December 2018 at 23:45 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Gosport at 23:45 on Friday 14 December 2018. A 66-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Dec 2018
Friday, 23:45
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83017, longitude -1.18281, in the PO13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gosport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Peel Common, Gosport, PO13 0SD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Gosport

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018440465898
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
94%
Estimated chance it was slight
6%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 June 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

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 2018440465898 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 2018.