M27 crash in Fareham on 18 February 2016 at 22:25 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the M27 in Fareham at 22:25 on Thursday 18 February 2016. The 19-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, a 17-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa 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
- 18 Feb 2016
- Thursday, 22:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88837, longitude -1.29431, 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
- 2016440072230
- 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, 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 slight injury crash on 3 December 2012.
Slight
HGV crash on the M27 in Fareham, 3 December 2012
1 m awayRef 2012440469206
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the M27 in Fareham, 18 January 2010
11 m awayRef 2010440021443
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the M27 in Fareham, 1 April 2022
14 m awayRef 2022440127714
Serious
Kia Cerato crash on the M27 in Fareham, 28 December 2016
18 m awayRef 2016440486806
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the M27 in Fareham, 2 July 2003
21 m awayRef 2003440HP0301
Slight
BMW Z3 crash on the M27 in Fareham, 30 December 2014
21 m awayRef 2014440461610
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,902 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2016440072230 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 2016.