M27 crash in Fareham on 14 November 2008 at 15:25 involving a Citroen C15 van
A Citroen C15 van and a DAF Trucks FA 65CF lorry were involved in a crash on the M27 in Fareham at 15:25 on Friday 14 November 2008. The 24-year-old male driver of the Citroen C15 van 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
- 14 Nov 2008
- Friday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C15 and DAF Trucks FA 65CF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85562, longitude -1.12041, in the PO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portchester Castle, Fareham, PO16 8LE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008440507366
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2009.
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the M27 in Fareham, 7 November 2009
10 m awayRef 2009440484502
Slight
Nissan Terrano crash on the M27 in Fareham, 24 October 2008
10 m awayRef 2008440474070
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the M27 in Fareham, 2 January 2009
10 m awayRef 2009440002392
Fatal
Datsun Bluebird crash on the M27 in Fareham, 7 August 1992
14 m awayRef 1992440HF0328
Slight
Car crash on the M27 in Portsmouth, 21 September 1989
14 m awayRef 1989440CC0460
Slight
Car crash on the M27 in Fareham, 11 April 1988
14 m awayRef 1988440HF0160
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C15
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks FA 65CF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C15)
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 2008440507366 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 2008.