Unclassified road crash in Winchester SO22 on 18 May 2016 at 07:15 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Winchester at 07:15 on Wednesday 18 May 2016. The 37-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class and the 21-year-old male driver of the Alexander Dennis bus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 May 2016
- Wednesday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0531, longitude -1.33575, in the SO22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Paul, Winchester, SO22 4DQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440185987
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Raining, 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1994.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 23 November 1994
10 m awayRef 1994440OC0885
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 1 December 1999
12 m awayRef 1999440OC1824
Slight
Piaggio Zip crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 2 November 2003
26 m awayRef 2003440OC1640
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 21 February 2004
37 m awayRef 2004440OC0247
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Winchester, 19 June 1986
45 m awayRef 1986440OC0209
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Winchester, 15 May 1981
46 m awayRef 1981440OC0153
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alexander Dennis)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016440185987 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 2016.