A27 crash in Test Valley on 2 July 1997 at 16:47 involving an Austin Maestro
An Austin Maestro and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A27 in Test Valley at 16:47 on Wednesday 2 July 1997. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jul 1997
- Wednesday, 16:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Maestro and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99833, longitude -1.55107, in the SO51 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997440LR0166
- Council area
- Test Valley
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 26 December 1985
20 m awayRef 1985440LR0414
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 13 January 2020
48 m awayRef 2020440015873
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 18 February 2012
98 m awayRef 2012440068748
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 27 March 1982
100 m awayRef 1982440DC0063
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 18 June 1989
100 m awayRef 1989440LR0173
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 7 March 1985
104 m awayRef 1985440LR0067
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 1997440LR0166 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 1997.