A3090 crash in Test Valley on 3 July 2003 at 16:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A3090 in Test Valley at 16:35 on Thursday 3 July 2003. The 51-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 2003
- Thursday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99765, longitude -1.46686, in the SO51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Romsey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Romsey Cupernham, Test Valley, SO51 7TF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003440LR0221
- 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
- 3090
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 May 2024.
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A3090 in Test Valley, 11 May 2024
4 m awayRef 2024440197407
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3090 in Test Valley, 1 December 2013
8 m awayRef 2013440452444
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in Test Valley, 30 June 1983
10 m awayRef 1983440LR0199
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A3090 in Test Valley, 25 February 2002
10 m awayRef 2002440LR0067
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A31 in Test Valley, 3 October 1991
10 m awayRef 1991440LR0283
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A31 in Test Valley, 30 July 1991
10 m awayRef 1991440LR0255
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2003440LR0221 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 2003.