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Serious M271 crash in Test Valley on 31 August 1994 at 16:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Land Rover Range Rover were involved in a crash on the M271 in Test Valley at 16:00 on Wednesday 31 August 1994. The 30-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Aug 1994
Wednesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Land Rover Range Rover
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94676, longitude -1.4747, 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
1994440LR0216
Council area
Test Valley
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
271
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
27

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    4,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 1994440LR0216 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.