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Serious A3 crash in East Hampshire on 21 December 2013 at 13:50 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class and a Peugeot 107 were involved in a crash on the A3 in East Hampshire at 13:50 on Saturday 21 December 2013. A 25-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class was seriously injured and the 29-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a flooded dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2013
Saturday, 13:50
Vehicles
2
Mercedes C Class and Peugeot 107
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08396, longitude -0.81133, in the GU30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bramshott & Liphook, East Hampshire, GU30 7QB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hampshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013440478164
Council area
East Hampshire
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
89%
Estimated chance it was slight
11%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 99 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 107

    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
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    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 2013440478164 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hampshire road accident statistics for 2013.