B3331 crash in Winchester on 21 February 2008 at 11:42 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B3331 in Winchester at 11:42 on Thursday 21 February 2008. The 41-year-old male driver of the Dennis bus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 2008
- Thursday, 11:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dennis and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06304, longitude -1.31513, 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
- 2008440077375
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3331
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2025.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B3331 in Winchester, 10 May 2025
7 m awayRef 2025440203568
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B3331 in Winchester, 23 September 2022
9 m awayRef 2022440394337
Serious
Car crash on the A272 in Winchester, 17 May 1988
14 m awayRef 1988440OC0390
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A272 in Winchester, 12 June 1991
20 m awayRef 1991440OC0437
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 16 December 1997
20 m awayRef 1997440OC1918
Slight
Hyundai Lantra crash on the B3331 in Winchester, 27 November 2002
22 m awayRef 2002440OC1848
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
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 2008440077375 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 2008.