A34 crash in Winchester on 25 December 2011 at 20:55 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra, a Peugeot 306 and a Saab 9-3 were involved in a crash on the A34 in Winchester at 20:55 on Sunday 25 December 2011. The 30-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2011
- Sunday, 20:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Vectra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10862, longitude -1.34431, in the SO21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011440538864
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 2011.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A34 in Winchester, 20 May 2011
At the same spotRef 2011440210039
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 750 crash on the A34 in Winchester, 1 November 2015
7 m awayRef 2015440380036
Slight
BMW 2 Series crash on the A34 in Winchester, 8 April 2022
13 m awayRef 2022440138252
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A34 in Winchester, 26 August 2016
15 m awayRef 2016440320844
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A34 in Winchester, 2 July 2016
16 m awayRef 2016440245919
Slight
Minibus crash on the A34 in Winchester, 21 April 1989
28 m awayRef 1989440OC0288
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 3: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2011440538864 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 2011.