M27 crash in Test Valley on 22 August 2012 at 10:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the M27 in Test Valley at 10:05 on Wednesday 22 August 2012. The 60-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 24-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2012
- Wednesday, 10:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94639, longitude -1.47291, 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
- 2012440328756
- 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
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 2022.
Slight
BMW X1 crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 20 May 2022
3 m awayRef 2022440199351
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 3 November 2007
5 m awayRef 2007440508346
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 30 March 2011
5 m awayRef 2011440132103
Slight
Triumph Tiger crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 22 August 2013
11 m awayRef 2013440317525
Slight
Car crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 9 February 2022
16 m awayRef 2022440056230
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 10 September 2004
17 m awayRef 2004440WR0258
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
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 2012440328756 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.