Serious unclassified road crash in Fareham PO14 on 7 December 2017 at 16:55 involving a Mercedes Vito van
A bicycle and a Mercedes Vito van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Fareham at 16:55 on Thursday 7 December 2017. The 58-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Dec 2017
- Thursday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Mercedes Vito
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85368, longitude -1.24816, in the PO14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Locks Heath, Whiteley and Warsash. It is one of the crashes that make up the Titchfield, Fareham, PO14 4PB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fareham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440475898
- Council area
- Fareham
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 91%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 9%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2016.
Slight
Mazda CX5 crash on an unclassified road in Fareham, 21 September 2016
3 m awayRef 2016440356450
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Fareham, 9 August 2011
20 m awayRef 2011440336694
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Fareham, 13 May 1989
22 m awayRef 1989440HP0143
Slight
Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Fareham, 29 January 2003
22 m awayRef 2003440HP0065
Slight
MG TF crash on an unclassified road in Fareham, 8 May 2013
25 m awayRef 2013440166764
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Fareham, 28 February 2000
26 m awayRef 2000440HP0095
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Vito
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 58, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017440475898 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fareham road accident statistics for 2017.