A36 crash in Test Valley on 23 August 2016 at 19:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A36 in Test Valley at 19:50 on Tuesday 23 August 2016. The 57-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Aug 2016
- Tuesday, 19:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9687, longitude -1.58527, in the SO51 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440317029
- Council area
- Test Valley
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 36
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2017.
Slight
Iveco crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 23 January 2017
2 m awayRef 2017440027882
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 9 December 1990
16 m awayRef 1990440LR0387
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 7 January 1994
19 m awayRef 1994440LR0008
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 2 February 1988
24 m awayRef 1988440LR0053
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 13 September 2005
32 m awayRef 2005440669392
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 15 October 1987
37 m awayRef 1987440LR0312
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Engine capacity
- 12,777 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2016440317029 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 2016.