M27 crash in Test Valley on 6 April 2012 at 12:00 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the M27 in Test Valley at 12:00 on Friday 6 April 2012. The 46-year-old male driver of the Toyota Yaris and a 47-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Yaris were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Apr 2012
- Friday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94653, longitude -1.47266, in the SO16 postcode district. 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
- 2012440135358
- 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
- Slip road
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 27
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2007.
Slight
Mercedes S Class crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 28 April 2007
5 m awayRef 2007440196335
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 4 December 2006
8 m awayRef 2006440497003
Slight
Car crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 9 February 2022
9 m awayRef 2022440056230
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 11 May 2007
9 m awayRef 2007440218527
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 11 February 2015
12 m awayRef 2015440049534
Slight
Kawasaki ER650 crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 4 December 2018
14 m awayRef 2018440453262
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- 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 2012440135358 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 2012.