A3055 crash on the Isle of Wight on 15 November 2022 at 15:56 involving a Mercedes A Class
A motorcycle and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight at 15:56 on Tuesday 15 November 2022. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 2022
- Tuesday, 15:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.65297, longitude -1.16056, in the PO36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sandown. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sandown North, Isle of Wight, PO36 8HE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022440464804
- Council area
- Isle of Wight
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3055
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2018.
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight, 18 January 2018
5 m awayRef 2018440022958
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight, 15 August 2002
10 m awayRef 2002440ZD0819
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight, 31 July 2014
14 m awayRef 2014440274371
Slight
Honda CBF 125 crash on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight, 18 July 2025
20 m awayRef 2025440320727
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight, 15 August 2019
21 m awayRef 2019440288922
Serious
Suzuki Carry crash on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight, 4 January 2010
27 m awayRef 2010440003987
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2022440464804 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 2022.