B2149 crash in Havant on 31 August 2019 at 00:37 involving a Skoda Rapid taxi
A Skoda Rapid taxi and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the B2149 in Havant at 00:37 on Saturday 31 August 2019. The 63-year-old male driver of the Skoda Rapid taxi and the 39-year-old male driver of the Nissan Qashqai were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2019
- Saturday, 00:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Rapid and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86134, longitude -0.97862, in the PO9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havant. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leigh Park Central & West Leigh, Havant, PO9 2DT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havant
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019440309543
- Council area
- Havant
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2014.
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the B2149 in Havant, 21 November 2014
1 m awayRef 2014440418028
Slight
Fiat X1/9 crash on the B2149 in Havant, 20 September 1993
2 m awayRef 1993440JH0360
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B2149 in Havant, 4 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025440498650
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2149 in Havant, 2 March 2002
8 m awayRef 2002440JH0107
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Havant, 28 June 2024
9 m awayRef 2024440273114
Serious
Honda CBF600N crash on the B2149 in Havant, 4 August 2018
9 m awayRef 2018440294832
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Rapid
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Rapid)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2019440309543 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havant road accident statistics for 2019.