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Serious unclassified road crash in Test Valley SO51 on 29 December 1996 at 16:15 involving a Saab 9000

A Saab 9000 and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Test Valley at 16:15 on Sunday 29 December 1996. An 8-year-old male passenger in the Saab 9000 and the 38-year-old male driver of the Saab 9000 were seriously injured and the 34-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Discovery was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 1996
Sunday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Saab 9000 and Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03754, longitude -1.57479, in the SO51 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996440LR0333
Council area
Test Valley
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 64 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 9000

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 9000)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 9000)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)

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 1996440LR0333 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 1996.