A27 crash in Eastleigh on 9 December 2007 at 12:30 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A27 in Eastleigh at 12:30 on Sunday 9 December 2007. A 33-year-old female passenger in 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
- 9 Dec 2007
- Sunday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89081, longitude -1.31154, in the SO31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bursledon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bursledon & Hound North, Eastleigh, SO31 8BG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Eastleigh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007440564008
- Council area
- Eastleigh
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3025
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 August 1985.
Serious
Van crash on the A27 in Eastleigh, 12 August 1985
At the same spotRef 1985440TL0089
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Eastleigh, 13 August 1985
At the same spotRef 1985440TL0090
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A27 in Eastleigh, 27 July 1997
10 m awayRef 1997440TL0118
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A27 in Eastleigh, 13 May 1999
10 m awayRef 1999440TL0077
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A27 in Eastleigh, 11 August 2002
10 m awayRef 2002440LH0296
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Eastleigh, 28 June 1989
10 m awayRef 1989440TL0089
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2007440564008 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastleigh road accident statistics for 2007.