Serious A27 crash in Test Valley on 12 May 2015 at 20:18 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A27 in Test Valley at 20:18 on Tuesday 12 May 2015. The 15-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 May 2015
- Tuesday, 20:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98454, longitude -1.45907, in the SO52 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Romsey Tadburn, Test Valley, SO51 9DL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440160487
- 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
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 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
- 91%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 9%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 February 2019.
Serious
Triumph Daytona 675 crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 14 February 2019
4 m awayRef 2019440054280
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 30 April 1991
34 m awayRef 1991440LR0115
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 24 July 2022
40 m awayRef 2022440297760
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A27 in the New Forest, 20 February 2006
48 m awayRef 2006440068279
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 21 May 1998
68 m awayRef 1998440LR0122
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 3 September 2023
84 m awayRef 2023440356991
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2015440160487 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 2015.