A3020 crash on the Isle of Wight on 12 February 2012 at 16:35 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo and a Volvo S40 were involved in a crash on the A3020 on the Isle of Wight at 16:35 on Sunday 12 February 2012. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Feb 2012
- Sunday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Saxo and Volvo S40
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.64064, longitude -1.25974, in the PO38 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central Rural, Isle of Wight, PO38 3HW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Wight
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440060095
- Council area
- Isle of Wight
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3020
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 May 2021.
Serious
Claas crash on the A3020 on the Isle of Wight, 31 May 2021
6 m awayRef 2021440211935
Slight
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the A3020 on the Isle of Wight, 14 September 2003
7 m awayRef 2003440ZD0876
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A3020 on the Isle of Wight, 3 November 2008
7 m awayRef 2008440489978
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3020 on the Isle of Wight, 23 March 2003
11 m awayRef 2003440ZD0244
Slight
Leyland crash on the A3020 on the Isle of Wight, 25 June 2008
11 m awayRef 2008440280601
Slight
Volvo crash on the A3020 on the Isle of Wight, 10 September 2010
17 m awayRef 2010440386790
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo S40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S40)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S40)
- 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 2012440060095 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 2012.