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Fatal A3 crash in East Hampshire on 5 June 2016 at 23:30 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo hit a pedestrian on the A3 in East Hampshire at 23:30 on Sunday 5 June 2016. A 35-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Jun 2016
Sunday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92359, longitude -0.9979, in the PO8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Horndean Downs, East Hampshire, PO8 0ED area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hampshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016440209943
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
3

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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2016440209943 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 2016.