M27 crash in Fareham on 5 September 2012 at 07:50 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Renault Kangoo van were involved in a crash on the M27 in Fareham at 07:50 on Wednesday 5 September 2012. The 32-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Sep 2012
- Wednesday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Renault Kangoo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85612, longitude -1.13798, in the PO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portchester Wicor, Fareham, PO16 8HJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fareham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440348575
- Council area
- Fareham
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- 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 serious injury crash on 5 June 2015.
Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the M27 in Fareham, 5 June 2015
3 m awayRef 2015440189895
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M27 in Fareham, 31 October 2013
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Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the M27 in Fareham, 12 December 2006
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Slight
Honda Accord crash on the M27 in Fareham, 16 September 2025
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Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on the M27 in Fareham, 8 May 2014
45 m awayRef 2014440161740
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M27 in Fareham, 6 August 2003
53 m awayRef 2003440HF0430
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Kangoo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 2012440348575 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 2012.