Fatal B3331 crash in Winchester on 28 December 2003 at 15:30 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus hit a pedestrian on the B3331 in Winchester at 15:30 on Sunday 28 December 2003. A 90-year-old female pedestrian was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 28 Dec 2003
- Sunday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06267, longitude -1.31328, 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
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003440OC1970
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3331
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2015.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3331 in Winchester, 3 November 2015
2 m awayRef 2015440383058
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the B3381 in Winchester, 20 July 2018
4 m awayRef 2018440273449
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 13 October 2025
7 m awayRef 2025440464162
Slight
Car crash on the A272 in Winchester, 31 October 1987
10 m awayRef 1987440OC0628
Slight
Bus crash on the B3331 in Winchester, 1 July 2005
10 m awayRef 2005440578945
Slight
Ford crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 2 February 1992
10 m awayRef 1992440OC0075
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalFemale, aged 90, hit by vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- 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 2003440OC1970 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.