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A303 crash in Test Valley on 15 December 2015 at 07:00 involving a Fiat Ducato van

A Fiat Ducato van and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A303 in Test Valley at 07:00 on Tuesday 15 December 2015. The 32-year-old male driver of the Fiat Ducato van and the 55-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van 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
15 Dec 2015
Tuesday, 07:00
Vehicles
2
Fiat Ducato and Vauxhall Vivaro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21345, longitude -1.55913, in the SP11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlton & the Pentons, Test Valley, SP11 8DD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015440438207
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
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 16 April 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Ducato

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Ducato)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)

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 2015440438207 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.