A27 crash in Fareham on 23 March 2013 at 18:15 involving a Mercedes S Class
A Mercedes S Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A27 in Fareham at 18:15 on Saturday 23 March 2013. The 65-year-old male driver of the Mercedes S Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Mar 2013
- Saturday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes S Class and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86816, longitude -1.25539, in the PO15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Locks Heath, Whiteley and Warsash. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park Gate, Fareham, SO31 1DS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fareham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013440107299
- Council area
- Fareham
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 September 2017.
Serious
Hyundai Getz crash on the A27 in Fareham, 10 September 2017
2 m awayRef 2017440350699
Slight
Renault Modus crash on the A27 in Fareham, 15 April 2014
3 m awayRef 2014440132273
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the A27 in Fareham, 7 December 2015
4 m awayRef 2015440425836
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A27 in Fareham, 11 July 1995
5 m awayRef 1995440HP0213
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A27 in Fareham, 9 February 2004
5 m awayRef 2004440HP0062
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A27 in Fareham, 27 November 2001
5 m awayRef 2001440HP0473
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,724 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes S Class)
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 2013440107299 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 2013.