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Serious unclassified road crash on the Isle of Wight PO37 on 15 December 2021 at 11:47 involving a Hyundai i20

An e-scooter and a Hyundai i20 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight at 11:47 on Wednesday 15 December 2021. The 27-year-old male rider of the e-scooter was 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
15 Dec 2021
Wednesday, 11:47
Vehicles
2
E-scooter and Hyundai i20
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63116, longitude -1.17495, in the PO37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shanklin. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shanklin South, Isle of Wight, PO37 7AG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Wight

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021440501628
Council area
Isle of Wight
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Crossroads
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
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
91%
Estimated chance it was slight
9%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: E-scooter

    Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    E-scooter
    Vehicle was an e-scooter

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai i20

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, on vehicle 1 (E-scooter)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    E-scooter
    Casualty was using an e-scooter

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 2021440501628 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Isle of Wight road accident statistics for 2021.