Fatal A36 crash in Test Valley on 25 September 2013 at 23:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf hit a pedestrian on the A36 in Test Valley at 23:15 on Wednesday 25 September 2013. A 27-year-old female pedestrian was killed.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 25 Sep 2013
- Wednesday, 23:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97237, longitude -1.60263, in the SO51 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013440362447
- 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
- 36
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 10 July 1987
2 m awayRef 1987440LR0186
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 3 September 2004
12 m awayRef 2004440WR0248
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 29 November 2009
12 m awayRef 2009440514912
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 19 June 2004
15 m awayRef 2004440LR0166
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 29 October 2005
24 m awayRef 2005440768964
Serious
Lorry crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 23 October 1984
28 m awayRef 1984440LR0337
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalFemale, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2013440362447 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.