Serious A33 crash in Winchester on 18 October 2016 at 17:42 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on the A33 in Winchester at 17:42 on Tuesday 18 October 2016. The 37-year-old female driver of the Volvo V70 was seriously injured and the 32-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and a 42-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Oct 2016
- Tuesday, 17:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Volvo V70
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09006, longitude -1.29508, in the SO23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the The Worthys, Winchester, SO23 7QS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440394047
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 33
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- B
- Second road number
- 3047
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 89%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 11%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 September 2015.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A33 in Winchester, 13 September 2015
At the same spotRef 2015440317987
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A33 in Winchester, 26 January 2022
1 m awayRef 2022440034335
Slight
Car crash on the A33 in Winchester, 30 May 2018
1 m awayRef 2018440200816
Fatal
Mazda MX-5 crash on the B3047 in Winchester, 25 October 2022
1 m awayRef 2022440433722
Slight
Vauxhall Grandland crash on the A33 in Winchester, 29 May 2023
1 m awayRef 2023440212509
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the B3047 in Winchester, 3 April 2025
2 m awayRef 2025440146650
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016440394047 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.