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Serious B3354 crash in Eastleigh on 18 September 2018 at 12:05 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van

A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the B3354 in Eastleigh at 12:05 on Tuesday 18 September 2018. The 54-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van and the 61-year-old female driver of the Kia Sportage were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Sep 2018
Tuesday, 12:05
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Sprinter and Kia Sportage
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9636, longitude -1.29688, in the SO50 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastleigh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fair Oak & Horton Heath, Eastleigh, SO50 7EH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastleigh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018440352633
Council area
Eastleigh
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3354
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
3037

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
99%
Estimated chance it was slight
1%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,685 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sportage)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2018440352633 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastleigh road accident statistics for 2018.