Serious A334 crash in Winchester on 1 May 2023 at 17:25 involving a Peugeot 2008
A Peugeot 2008 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A334 in Winchester at 17:25 on Monday 1 May 2023. A 61-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 2008 was seriously injured and the 63-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 2008 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 May 2023
- Monday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 2008 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90035, longitude -1.19002, in the PO17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wickham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southwick and Wickham, Winchester, PO17 5JW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023440170535
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 334
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2008.
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A334 in Winchester, 2 July 2008
5 m awayRef 2008440291024
Slight
Van crash on the A334 in Winchester, 15 February 2013
5 m awayRef 2013440059571
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A334 in Winchester, 4 August 2025
35 m awayRef 2025440350776
Slight
Car crash on the A333 in Winchester, 14 February 1979
49 m awayRef 1979440CB0026
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B2177 in Winchester, 4 March 1995
53 m awayRef 1995440HB0049
Slight
Car crash on the A334 in Winchester, 27 October 1986
60 m awayRef 1986440HB0270
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 2008)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 2008)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2023440170535 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 2023.