M27 crash in Fareham on 26 March 2007 at 08:30 involving a Rover 600 Series
A Rover 600 Series and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the M27 in Fareham at 08:30 on Monday 26 March 2007. The 22-year-old male driver of the Rover 600 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Mar 2007
- Monday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 600 Series and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85697, longitude -1.14482, in the PO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wallington & Downend, Fareham, PO16 8PR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fareham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007440138004
- Council area
- Fareham
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- 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
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2013.
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the M27 in Fareham, 29 November 2013
27 m awayRef 2013440449399
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the M27 in Fareham, 31 October 1997
41 m awayRef 1997440HF0519
Slight
Scania crash on the M27 in Fareham, 23 March 2002
41 m awayRef 2002440HF0146
Slight
Lorry crash on the M27 in Fareham, 9 October 1984
41 m awayRef 1984440HF0415
Slight
Car crash on the M27 in Fareham, 2 April 1999
41 m awayRef 1999440HF0167
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the M27 in Fareham, 10 August 1992
41 m awayRef 1992440HF0332
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 600 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,850 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 600 Series)
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 2007440138004 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fareham road accident statistics for 2007.