B3331 crash in Winchester on 26 December 2003 at 22:00 involving a Vauxhall Vectra taxi
A Vauxhall Vectra taxi hit a pedestrian on the B3331 in Winchester at 22:00 on Friday 26 December 2003. An 18-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2003
- Friday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06304, longitude -1.3147, in the SO23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael, Winchester, SO23 8BS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003440OC1965
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3331
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 2007.
Slight
Dennis crash on the B3331 in Winchester, 4 May 2007
At the same spotRef 2007440206854
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 17 December 2002
At the same spotRef 2002440OC2030
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A272 in Winchester, 12 June 1991
10 m awayRef 1991440OC0437
Slight
Taxi crash on the B3331 in Winchester, 3 May 2011
14 m awayRef 2011440183004
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B3331 in Winchester, 23 September 2022
21 m awayRef 2022440394337
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 16 July 2003
22 m awayRef 2003440OC1002
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing in zig-zag approach lines
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2003440OC1965 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Winchester road accident statistics for 2003.