Serious B3401 crash on the Isle of Wight on 3 November 2011 at 16:20 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B3401 on the Isle of Wight at 16:20 on Thursday 3 November 2011. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 106 and a 91-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 106 were seriously injured and the 45-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 106 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Nov 2011
- Thursday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.69131, longitude -1.30512, in the PO30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carisbrooke & Gunville, Isle of Wight, PO30 1DH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011440466465
- Council area
- Isle of Wight
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3401
- Road type
- Single 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 99%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 1%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 October 1996.
Serious
Yamaha crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight, 10 October 1996
20 m awayRef 1996440ZD1016
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight, 17 January 1998
20 m awayRef 1998440ZD0040
Slight
Car crash on the B3401 on the Isle of Wight, 5 November 2021
67 m awayRef 2021440444274
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3401 on the Isle of Wight, 8 July 2025
68 m awayRef 2025440302405
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight, 15 July 1983
100 m awayRef 1983440UP0116
Slight
Colt Hatchback crash on the B3401 on the Isle of Wight, 14 December 1991
120 m awayRef 1991440ZP0199
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Any animal (except ridden horse)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 91, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
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 2011440466465 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Isle of Wight road accident statistics for 2011.