A3055 crash on the Isle of Wight on 25 August 2016 at 00:29 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1
A London Taxis Int. TX1 crashed on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight at 00:29 on Thursday 25 August 2016. The 58-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Aug 2016
- Thursday, 00:29
- Vehicles
- 1
- London Taxis Int. TX1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71907, longitude -1.14625, in the PO33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ryde. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ryde Appley & Elmfield, Isle of Wight, PO33 1BX 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
- 2016440318804
- Council area
- Isle of Wight
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3055
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 2023.
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight, 1 February 2023
28 m awayRef 2023440043469
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight, 6 September 1985
34 m awayRef 1985440ZR0191
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight, 24 December 2012
35 m awayRef 2012440496519
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight, 13 March 2004
36 m awayRef 2004440ZD0194
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight, 1 August 2005
36 m awayRef 2005440607694
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight, 20 October 2025
38 m awayRef 2025440474803
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX1)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016440318804 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 2016.