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Serious A27 crash in Test Valley on 16 August 1997 at 02:47 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion crashed on the A27 in Test Valley at 02:47 on Saturday 16 August 1997. The 30-year-old male driver was seriously injured and an 18-year-old male passenger and a 20-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Aug 1997
Saturday, 02:47
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95154, longitude -1.40346, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton.

Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440LR0212
Council area
Test Valley
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    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 1997440LR0212 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.