Serious A27 crash in Test Valley on 29 January 2000 at 15:15 involving a Ford Orion
A Ford Orion, a Land Rover Range Rover and a BMW 7 Series were involved in a crash on the A27 in Test Valley at 15:15 on Saturday 29 January 2000. A 57-year-old female passenger in the Ford Orion was seriously injured and a 56-year-old male passenger in the Ford Orion and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Ford Orion were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Jan 2000
- Saturday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Orion and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96031, longitude -1.40677, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chilworth.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000440LR0031
- Council area
- Test Valley
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 2005.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 16 August 2005
41 m awayRef 2005440629751
Serious
BMW i4 crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 21 May 2025
54 m awayRef 2025440222333
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 7 December 1990
60 m awayRef 1990440LR0385
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 28 November 1990
61 m awayRef 1990440LR0375
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 30 October 1985
61 m awayRef 1985440LR0336
Serious
Car crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 20 March 1980
64 m awayRef 1980440DC0067
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 7 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, 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 2000440LR0031 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 2000.