A342 crash in Test Valley on 8 March 2017 at 17:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A van and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A342 in Test Valley at 17:00 on Wednesday 8 March 2017. The 23-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Mar 2017
- Wednesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21094, longitude -1.51575, in the SP10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Andover. It is one of the crashes that make up the Andover Harroway, Test Valley, SP10 3LS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440087746
- 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
- 342
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3402
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 11 November 2003.
Slight
Gilera Runner 125 crash on the A343 in Test Valley, 11 November 2003
2 m awayRef 2003440NA0684
Slight
Mercedes V Class crash on the A343 in Test Valley, 27 October 2020
4 m awayRef 2020440417571
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A343 in Test Valley, 25 October 2013
9 m awayRef 2013440404142
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B3402 in Test Valley, 3 November 2020
9 m awayRef 2020440426156
Serious
Van crash on the A342 in Test Valley, 3 January 2017
12 m awayRef 2017440002048
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A343 in Test Valley, 3 November 2011
12 m awayRef 2011440466563
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017440087746 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 2017.