M27 crash in Test Valley on 22 September 2012 at 11:50 involving a Ford Fusion
A Ford Fusion, an MG ZR and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the M27 in Test Valley at 11:50 on Saturday 22 September 2012. All four casualties were 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
- 22 Sep 2012
- Saturday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fusion and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95023, longitude -1.46518, 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
- 2012440372886
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 2003.
Slight
Scania crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 19 June 2003
6 m awayRef 2003440LA0483
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 22 May 2015
17 m awayRef 2015440172093
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 27 October 2020
26 m awayRef 2020440417189
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 6 June 2009
26 m awayRef 2009440244260
Slight
Harley-Davidson crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 13 September 2003
27 m awayRef 2003440LA0720
Serious
Honda VTR1000F crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 12 June 2021
29 m awayRef 2021440229818
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: MG ZR
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes A Class
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG ZR)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG ZR)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes A Class)
- 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 2012440372886 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.