A27 crash in Fareham on 15 December 2017 at 16:40 involving a Renault Megane
A motorcycle and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A27 in Fareham at 16:40 on Friday 15 December 2017. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2017
- Friday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86429, longitude -1.25499, in the PO14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Locks Heath, Whiteley and Warsash. It is one of the crashes that make up the Titchfield Common, Fareham, PO14 4PP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440486500
- Council area
- Fareham
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 May 2025.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Fareham, 4 May 2025
5 m awayRef 2025440193958
Slight
Mazda RX8 crash on the A27 in Fareham, 31 January 2008
7 m awayRef 2008440044120
Serious
Hyundai Amica crash on the A27 in Fareham, 31 May 2010
7 m awayRef 2010440222376
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A27 in Fareham, 11 December 2004
7 m awayRef 2004440HP0483
Serious
Peugeot 306 crash on the A27 in Fareham, 18 October 2000
8 m awayRef 2000440HP0422
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A27 in Fareham, 3 February 1997
17 m awayRef 1997440HP0039
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2017440486500 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.