M27 crash in Test Valley on 14 December 2010 at 10:37 involving a Ford Focus
A car and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the M27 in Test Valley at 10:37 on Tuesday 14 December 2010. The 43-year-old female driver of the car, the 26-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and a 1-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2010
- Tuesday, 10:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94945, longitude -1.46684, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rownhams. 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
- 2010440524210
- Council area
- Test Valley
- 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
- 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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 May 2004.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 3 May 2004
14 m awayRef 2004440LA0335
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the M27 in Eastleigh, 13 March 2005
32 m awayRef 2005445WE0176
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 19 August 2025
33 m awayRef 2025440375195
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 14 May 2003
36 m awayRef 2003440LA0386
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 3 February 2003
42 m awayRef 2003440LA0087
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 20 May 2004
42 m awayRef 2004440LA0389
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2010440524210 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.