M271 crash in Southampton on 7 September 2010 at 06:50 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307, a Ford Fiesta and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the M271 in Southampton at 06:50 on Tuesday 7 September 2010. The 46-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Sep 2010
- Tuesday, 06:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 307 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92446, longitude -1.47026, in the SO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Redbridge, Southampton, SO16 9AH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010440381343
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Raining, 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 2005.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M271 in Southampton, 28 December 2005
At the same spotRef 2005440829629
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the M271 in Southampton, 18 July 2009
At the same spotRef 2009440312398
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the M271 in Southampton, 21 March 2015
5 m awayRef 2015440096147
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M271 in Southampton, 30 September 2015
6 m awayRef 2015440339353
Slight
DAF Trucks Fad 85CF crash on the M271 in Southampton, 5 February 2013
6 m awayRef 2013440046141
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the M271 in Southampton, 27 April 2019
6 m awayRef 2019440144731
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2010440381343 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 2010.