Serious M27 crash in Test Valley on 31 August 2016 at 08:30 involving an Alfa Romeo Mito
An Alfa Romeo Mito, a Peugeot Partner van and a car were involved in a crash on the M27 in Test Valley at 08:30 on Wednesday 31 August 2016. The 42-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Partner van was seriously injured and the 30-year-old female driver of the Alfa Romeo Mito was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Aug 2016
- Wednesday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Alfa Romeo Mito and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94543, longitude -1.4751, in the SO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams, Test Valley, SO16 0AJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440327177
- 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
- Slip road
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 271
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
- 88%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 12%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 19 December 2016
2 m awayRef 2016440477872
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the M27 in Southampton, 22 November 2003
3 m awayRef 2003440SY0899
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 12 October 2015
4 m awayRef 2015440354805
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 29 April 2016
6 m awayRef 2016440161442
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 9 February 2012
8 m awayRef 2012440056271
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 30 October 2011
11 m awayRef 2011440460194
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo Mito
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Partner
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo Mito)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 42, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Partner)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016440327177 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.