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A31 crash in Test Valley on 5 February 1994 at 15:30 involving a Volvo 440

A Volvo 440 and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the A31 in Test Valley at 15:30 on Saturday 5 February 1994. The 74-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova and a 71-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Nova were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Feb 1994
Saturday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Volvo 440 and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98695, longitude -1.4949, in the SO51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Romsey.

Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994440LR0040
Council area
Test Valley
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    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 1994440LR0040 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 1994.