M27 crash in Test Valley on 7 December 2012 at 08:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a DAF Trucks FA 65CF lorry were involved in a crash on the M27 in Test Valley at 08:45 on Friday 7 December 2012. The 65-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta 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
- 7 Dec 2012
- Friday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and DAF Trucks FA 65CF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95747, longitude -1.44868, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rownhams. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams, Test Valley, SO16 8AN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440474075
- 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
- Urban
- 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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 6 May 2017
13 m awayRef 2017440168489
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 22 October 2014
14 m awayRef 2014440380499
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 25 May 2012
16 m awayRef 2012440200166
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 27 February 2006
22 m awayRef 2006440076597
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 6 August 2008
24 m awayRef 2008440348313
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 5 October 2010
24 m awayRef 2010440422121
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks FA 65CF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,880 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2012440474075 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.