Unclassified road crash in Test Valley SP10 on 24 November 2008 at 09:30 involving a Peugeot Expert van
A Peugeot Expert van and an Optare bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Test Valley at 09:30 on Monday 24 November 2008. All eight casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Nov 2008
- Monday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Expert and Optare
- Casualties
- 8
- 8 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22672, longitude -1.47654, in the SP10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Andover. It is one of the crashes that make up the Andover Romans, Test Valley, SP10 5LB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008440522656
- Council area
- Test Valley
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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%
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The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2011.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Expert
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Optare
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (8)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 78, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 8: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare)
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 2008440522656 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Test Valley road accident statistics for 2008.