Serious B2149 crash in Havant on 12 January 2007 at 17:30 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class, a BMW 3 Series and a Mazda MX-5 were involved in a crash on the B2149 in Havant at 17:30 on Friday 12 January 2007. A 15-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Mercedes A Class was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Jan 2007
- Friday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes A Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85865, longitude -0.98352, 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 3BD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havant
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007440017327
- 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
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 90%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 10%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 December 2001.
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B2149 in Havant, 18 December 2001
10 m awayRef 2001440JH0755
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B2149 in Havant, 16 May 2016
13 m awayRef 2016440183333
Serious
Toyota RAV4 crash on an unclassified road in Havant, 6 May 2004
14 m awayRef 2004440JH0225
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the B2149 in Havant, 20 August 2013
16 m awayRef 2013440314245
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B2149 in Havant, 19 April 2015
16 m awayRef 2015440131194
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the B2149 in Havant, 20 January 2023
20 m awayRef 2023440026920
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2007440017327 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 2007.