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Fatal A27 crash in Test Valley on 21 December 1979 at 19:02 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A27 in Test Valley at 19:02 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was killed and the 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Dec 1979
Friday, 19:02
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96353, longitude -1.409, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chilworth.

Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979440CL0264
Council area
Test Valley
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a fatal crash on 15 December 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1979440CL0264 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Test Valley road accident statistics for 1979.