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Serious M27 crash in Test Valley on 19 July 1987 at 17:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the M27 in Test Valley at 17:30 on Sunday 19 July 1987. The 48-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 35-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 46-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jul 1987
Sunday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94501, longitude -1.4861, in the SO16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987440LR0199
Council area
Test Valley
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
27
Road type
Dual 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1987440LR0199 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 1987.