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Serious M271 crash in Test Valley on 31 January 2007 at 11:57 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the M271 in Test Valley at 11:57 on Wednesday 31 January 2007. The 47-year-old female rider of the Piaggio Vespa motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Jan 2007
Wednesday, 11:57
Vehicles
2
Piaggio Vespa and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95505, longitude -1.47276, in the SO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams, Test Valley, SO16 8AA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007440047680
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
60 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
A
Second road number
3057

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
91%
Estimated chance it was slight
9%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

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 2007440047680 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 2007.