A343 crash in Test Valley on 3 May 2013 at 15:17 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A343 in Test Valley at 15:17 on Friday 3 May 2013. The 40-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2013
- Friday, 15:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17941, longitude -1.52875, in the SP11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013440159826
- Council area
- Test Valley
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 343
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2024.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A343 in Test Valley, 25 November 2024
1 m awayRef 2024440512585
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A343 in Test Valley, 17 May 2017
1 m awayRef 2017440185622
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A343 in Test Valley, 29 April 2021
1 m awayRef 2021440162679
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A343 in Test Valley, 12 April 2023
3 m awayRef 2023440143384
Serious
John Deere crash on the A343 in Test Valley, 20 May 2009
9 m awayRef 2009440216599
Slight
Car crash on the A343 in Test Valley, 5 November 1989
29 m awayRef 1989440NG0182
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,959 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2013440159826 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 2013.