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Serious M27 crash in Eastleigh on 27 January 1992 at 06:30 involving a Rover Maestro

A Rover Maestro crashed on the M27 in Eastleigh at 06:30 on Monday 27 January 1992. The 27-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 24-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jan 1992
Monday, 06:30
Vehicles
1
Rover Maestro
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9509, longitude -1.40062, in the SO16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastleigh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992440LA0037
Council area
Eastleigh
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no 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 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

    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 1992440LA0037 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastleigh road accident statistics for 1992.