M27 crash in Fareham on 23 July 2011 at 01:00 involving a Peugeot 406
A Peugeot 406 and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the M27 in Fareham at 01:00 on Saturday 23 July 2011. The 33-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara and a 33-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xsara were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2011
- Saturday, 01:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 406 and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86641, longitude -1.18131, in the PO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wallington & Downend, Fareham, PO16 8UD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fareham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011440308724
- Council area
- Fareham
- 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
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M27 in Fareham, 13 September 2006
28 m awayRef 2006440385403
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the M27 in Fareham, 3 June 1999
28 m awayRef 1999440HF0290
Slight
Rover Maestro crash on the M27 in Fareham, 18 January 1997
41 m awayRef 1997440HF0039
Slight
Car crash on the M27 in Fareham, 4 July 1983
41 m awayRef 1983440HF0294
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A32 in Fareham, 10 July 1980
41 m awayRef 1980440HF0267
Slight
Car crash on the A32 in Fareham, 23 April 1981
61 m awayRef 1981440HF0141
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,761 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
- 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 2011440308724 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fareham road accident statistics for 2011.