Serious A3 crash in Havant on 8 December 2017 at 15:05 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a mobility scooter were involved in a crash on the A3 in Havant at 15:05 on Friday 8 December 2017. The 42-year-old male rider of the mobility scooter was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Dec 2017
- Friday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and mobility scooter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87586, longitude -1.03729, in the PO7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waterlooville.
Map of where the crash happened in Havant
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440477174
- Council area
- Havant
- 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
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 90%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 10%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 October 2020.
Serious
Kia Venga crash on the A3 in Havant, 8 October 2020
4 m awayRef 2020440389926
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A3 in Havant, 10 January 2017
6 m awayRef 2017440010971
Serious
Fiat 128 crash on the A32 in Winchester, 18 October 1990
12 m awayRef 1990440HB0277
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A3 in Havant, 16 September 2006
16 m awayRef 2006440368551
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A3 in East Hampshire, 13 October 2005
16 m awayRef 2005440717901
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A3 in Havant, 11 December 1992
26 m awayRef 1992440CW0462
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 92 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mobility scooter
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 42, mobility scooter rider, on vehicle 2 (Mobility scooter)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2017440477174 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havant road accident statistics for 2017.