M27 crash in Southampton on 15 February 2008 at 15:00 involving a Nissan Micra
A car and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the M27 in Southampton at 15:00 on Friday 15 February 2008. The 17-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra and a 47-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra were 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
- 15 Feb 2008
- Friday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94543, longitude -1.36469, in the SO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swaythling, Southampton, SO18 2HQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008440068039
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2018.
Slight
Honda NT700V crash on the M27 in Southampton, 25 June 2018
3 m awayRef 2018440237962
Slight
Car crash on the M27 in Southampton, 22 August 2022
20 m awayRef 2022440342386
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M27 in Eastleigh, 15 February 2008
36 m awayRef 2008440068223
Serious
Honda crash on the M27 in Southampton, 20 November 2014
54 m awayRef 2014440417383
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the M27 in Eastleigh, 2 December 2014
68 m awayRef 2014440430708
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the M27 in Eastleigh, 9 July 2000
70 m awayRef 2000440LA0549
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- 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 2008440068039 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.