Serious A27 crash in Southampton on 17 January 2008 at 19:03 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera and a car were involved in a crash on the A27 in Southampton at 19:03 on Thursday 17 January 2008. The 30-year-old male driver of the Nissan Primera was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Jan 2008
- Thursday, 19:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Primera and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95021, longitude -1.40149, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bassett, Southampton, SO16 3PS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southampton
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008440023165
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 89%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 11%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2014.
Slight
Mercedes SLK Class crash on the A27 in Southampton, 19 August 2014
25 m awayRef 2014440300213
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Southampton, 31 May 1987
86 m awayRef 1987440WP0282
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M27 in Eastleigh, 21 April 1997
92 m awayRef 1997440LA0247
Serious
Rover Maestro crash on the M27 in Eastleigh, 27 January 1992
92 m awayRef 1992440LA0037
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the M27 in Eastleigh, 30 January 1997
92 m awayRef 1997440LA0073
Slight
Chevrolet Matiz crash on the A27 in Southampton, 20 December 2006
108 m awayRef 2006440524496
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)
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 2008440023165 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southampton road accident statistics for 2008.