M27 crash in Fareham on 30 December 2014 at 06:25 involving a BMW Z3
A BMW Z3 and a Renault Master van were involved in a crash on the M27 in Fareham at 06:25 on Tuesday 30 December 2014. The 60-year-old male driver of the Renault Master van was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2014
- Tuesday, 06:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW Z3 and Renault Master
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88852, longitude -1.29447, in the SO31 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sarisbury & Whiteley, Fareham, SO31 7DF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fareham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440461610
- Council area
- Fareham
- 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
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 April 2022.
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the M27 in Fareham, 1 April 2022
7 m awayRef 2022440127714
Serious
Kia Cerato crash on the M27 in Fareham, 28 December 2016
8 m awayRef 2016440486806
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the M27 in Fareham, 13 November 2023
16 m awayRef 2023440463441
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the M27 in Fareham, 2 July 2003
17 m awayRef 2003440HP0301
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the M27 in Fareham, 18 January 2010
18 m awayRef 2010440021443
Slight
Alfa Romeo Giulietta crash on the M27 in Fareham, 6 March 2012
20 m awayRef 2012440091371
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW Z3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Master
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Master)
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 2014440461610 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 2014.