A36 crash in Test Valley on 2 May 2017 at 07:31 involving a Mercedes Vito
A Mercedes Vito and a Volvo XC90 were involved in a crash on the A36 in Test Valley at 07:31 on Tuesday 2 May 2017. The 53-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Vito and the 54-year-old male driver of the Volvo XC90 were 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
- 2 May 2017
- Tuesday, 07:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Vito and Volvo XC90
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96859, longitude -1.5843, in the SO51 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Wellow.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440162536
- 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
- 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
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, 4 metres away, was a fatal crash on 29 November 1986.
Fatal
Car crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 29 November 1986
4 m awayRef 1986440LR0405
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 2 August 2006
14 m awayRef 2006440297455
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 28 April 2021
15 m awayRef 2021440161931
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 2 November 1992
17 m awayRef 1992440LR0306
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 1 March 2008
31 m awayRef 2008440092458
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 13 September 2005
37 m awayRef 2005440669392
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo XC90)
- 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 2017440162536 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.