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Unclassified road crash in Winchester SO32 on 1 September 2008 at 21:00 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van

A Mercedes Sprinter van, a Mitsubishi and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Winchester at 21:00 on Monday 1 September 2008. The 41-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Sep 2008
Monday, 21:00
Vehicles
3
Mercedes Sprinter and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93339, longitude -1.17971, in the SO32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Chase. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central Meon Valley, Winchester, SO32 2FQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008440390841
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2023.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,148 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

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 2008440390841 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.