A272 crash in Winchester on 28 February 2020 at 17:25 involving an Iveco Daily lorry
An Iveco Daily lorry and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A272 in Winchester at 17:25 on Friday 28 February 2020. The 52-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Feb 2020
- Friday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Iveco Daily and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05982, longitude -1.29253, in the SO23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael, Winchester, SO23 8RD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020440079634
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 272
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 31
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 September 2019.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A272 in Winchester, 21 September 2019
3 m awayRef 2019440337791
Slight
Yamaha Ybr 125 crash on the A272 in Winchester, 15 April 2012
6 m awayRef 2012440146983
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A272 in Winchester, 25 February 2018
6 m awayRef 2018440074657
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A272 in Winchester, 26 January 2000
6 m awayRef 2000440OC0137
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A272 in Winchester, 25 June 2008
6 m awayRef 2008440280091
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A31 in Winchester, 24 December 2001
6 m awayRef 2001440OC1985
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Iveco Daily
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,287 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020440079634 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 2020.