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A343 crash in Test Valley on 14 December 2011 at 06:35 involving a Citroen C4

A Citroen C4 and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A343 in Test Valley at 06:35 on Wednesday 14 December 2011. A 33-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat, a 31-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat and a 25-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 2011
Wednesday, 06:35
Vehicles
2
Citroen C4 and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14003, longitude -1.58558, in the SO20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011440523918
Council area
Test Valley
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
343
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3084

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

    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 2011440523918 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.