A27 crash in Havant on 13 December 2007 at 20:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf
Seven vehicles, including a Volkswagen Golf and a Volvo V50, were involved in a crash on the A27 in Havant at 20:30 on Thursday 13 December 2007. The 21-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf, the 18-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 106 and the 17-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2007
- Thursday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 7
- Volkswagen Golf and 6 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85359, longitude -0.95096, in the PO10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Emsworth, Havant, PO10 7LT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havant
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007440570650
- Council area
- Havant
- 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
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
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, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2013.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A27 in Havant, 18 January 2013
25 m awayRef 2013440022520
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A27 in Havant, 22 November 2011
54 m awayRef 2011440493706
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A27 in Havant, 20 August 2001
57 m awayRef 2001440JH0489
Fatal
Peugeot 405 crash on the A27 in Havant, 12 October 2005
61 m awayRef 2005440717465
Slight
Peugeot crash on the A27 in Havant, 8 August 2008
112 m awayRef 2008440351610
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A27 in Havant, 2 June 1999
146 m awayRef 1999440JH0275
Vehicles involved (7)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Any animal (except ridden horse)
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo V50
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 4: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 5: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Any animal (except ridden horse)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 6: Fiat Doblo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 7: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 106)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (BMW 3 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 2007440570650 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havant road accident statistics for 2007.