M27 crash in Test Valley on 20 September 2015 at 19:28 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo, a BMW 3 Series and a Rover 45 were involved in a crash on the M27 in Test Valley at 19:28 on Sunday 20 September 2015. The 58-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo, a 23-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Rover 45 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2015
- Sunday, 19:28
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Saxo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96074, longitude -1.40447, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chilworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams, Test Valley, SO16 7LH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440326887
- Council area
- Test Valley
- 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
- Urban
- 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 lit
- 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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2012.
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Test Valley, 12 February 2012
19 m awayRef 2012440060020
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M3 in Test Valley, 18 December 1995
22 m awayRef 1995440LA0707
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 23 March 1992
144 m awayRef 1992440LR0088
Serious
Car crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 20 March 1980
152 m awayRef 1980440DC0067
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 21 January 1986
152 m awayRef 1986440LR0025
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 7 December 1990
162 m awayRef 1990440LR0385
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 45
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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 45)
- 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 2015440326887 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.