M27 crash in Fareham on 10 August 2017 at 17:39 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the M27 in Fareham at 17:39 on Thursday 10 August 2017. The 24-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Aug 2017
- Thursday, 17:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85574, longitude -1.12192, in the PO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portchester Castle, Fareham, PO16 8LE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fareham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440308670
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2023.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the M27 in Fareham, 8 November 2023
1 m awayRef 2023440456727
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M27 in Fareham, 25 April 2012
4 m awayRef 2012440159433
Serious
Peugeot 108 crash on the M27 in Fareham, 21 March 2018
6 m awayRef 2018440107478
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M27 in Fareham, 17 April 2012
7 m awayRef 2012440149326
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the M27 in Fareham, 19 December 2012
14 m awayRef 2012440490402
Serious
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the M27 in Fareham, 24 November 2016
14 m awayRef 2016440443055
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017440308670 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 2017.