A303 crash in Test Valley on 26 November 2014 at 07:14 involving a BMW 5 Series
A lorry and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A303 in Test Valley at 07:14 on Wednesday 26 November 2014. The 55-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series and a 54-year-old male passenger in the BMW 5 Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Nov 2014
- Wednesday, 07:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17441, longitude -1.337, in the SO21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harewood, Test Valley, SO21 3FN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440423458
- 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
- 303
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 34
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
- Wet or damp
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 19 October 2016.
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A303 in Test Valley, 19 October 2016
1 m awayRef 2016440395276
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A303 in Test Valley, 19 July 2016
1 m awayRef 2016440268967
Serious
Mercedes ML Class crash on the A303 in Test Valley, 22 December 2016
1 m awayRef 2016440481871
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the A303 in Test Valley, 25 August 2013
1 m awayRef 2013440321305
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A303 in Test Valley, 25 May 2012
2 m awayRef 2012440200572
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A30 in Test Valley, 16 August 2012
2 m awayRef 2012440320682
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
- 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 2014440423458 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 2014.