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Serious M27 crash in Eastleigh on 15 January 1993 at 21:53 involving a Ford Escort van

A Ford Escort van and a Renault 11 were involved in a crash on the M27 in Eastleigh at 21:53 on Friday 15 January 1993. A 29-year-old female passenger in the Renault 11 and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Renault 11 were seriously injured and the 31-year-old male driver of the Renault 11 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Jan 1993
Friday, 21:53
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Renault 11
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9426, longitude -1.3623, in the SO18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastleigh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993440LA0013
Council area
Eastleigh
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 11

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 11)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 11)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 11)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1993440LA0013 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 1993.