M27 crash in Test Valley on 19 December 2017 at 19:24 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus, a Hyundai i20 and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the M27 in Test Valley at 19:24 on Tuesday 19 December 2017. The 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus, the 60-year-old female driver of the Hyundai i20 and the 39-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2017
- Tuesday, 19:24
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Focus and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95975, longitude -1.43645, in the SO16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440491789
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2016.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 15 December 2016
19 m awayRef 2016440472681
Slight
Ford KA crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 25 June 2014
22 m awayRef 2014440228885
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 6 June 2016
26 m awayRef 2016440210118
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 25 October 2015
26 m awayRef 2015440370771
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 5 May 2006
30 m awayRef 2006440167717
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 10 June 2008
30 m awayRef 2008440253642
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai i20
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i20)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017440491789 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.