M271 crash in Test Valley on 31 March 2000 at 20:00 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the M271 in Test Valley at 20:00 on Friday 31 March 2000. The 50-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 39-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Mar 2000
- Friday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Primera and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94463, longitude -1.47572, in the SO16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000440YS0189
- Council area
- Test Valley
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 July 2007.
Serious
Mercedes crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 24 July 2007
10 m awayRef 2007440342936
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 1 August 2024
13 m awayRef 2024440327657
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M271 in Southampton, 4 August 1996
20 m awayRef 1996440YS0466
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 1 March 2000
20 m awayRef 2000440YS0140
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 15 July 1997
20 m awayRef 1997440LA0435
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 7 May 1997
20 m awayRef 1997440LR0113
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2000440YS0189 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.