M271 crash in Test Valley on 23 February 2011 at 14:15 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the M271 in Test Valley at 14:15 on Wednesday 23 February 2011. All four casualties 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
- 23 Feb 2011
- Wednesday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and Peugeot 307
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.944, longitude -1.47545, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nursling. 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
- 2011440079923
- 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
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 2007.
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 21 July 2007
10 m awayRef 2007440345826
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 24 September 2021
13 m awayRef 2021440384174
Slight
Suzuki GSX 750 crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 11 October 2006
14 m awayRef 2006440407886
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 2 June 2011
14 m awayRef 2011440228605
Serious
Mazda MX-5 crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 2 May 2010
14 m awayRef 2010440177973
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M271 in Southampton, 30 September 1996
20 m awayRef 1996440YS0613
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,021 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2011440079923 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 2011.