M271 crash in Test Valley on 31 July 2010 at 18:42 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the M271 in Test Valley at 18:42 on Saturday 31 July 2010. A 44-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series and a 6-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series 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
- 31 Jul 2010
- Saturday, 18:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94966, longitude -1.47538, in the SO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams, Test Valley, SO16 0AJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010440322877
- Council area
- Test Valley
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 271
- 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2009.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 1 December 2009
20 m awayRef 2009440518400
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 2 May 2013
49 m awayRef 2013440158539
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the M271 in Southampton, 10 September 1998
58 m awayRef 1998440YS0616
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 26 December 1999
58 m awayRef 1999440YS0884
Slight
Honda S2000 crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 3 October 2004
60 m awayRef 2004440WR0294
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 28 October 2008
60 m awayRef 2008440480438
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2010440322877 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 2010.