A27 crash in Fareham on 27 December 2017 at 21:23 involving a Land Rover Discovery
A Land Rover Discovery and a Kia Picanto were involved in a crash on the A27 in Fareham at 21:23 on Wednesday 27 December 2017. The 62-year-old female driver of the Kia Picanto was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2017
- Wednesday, 21:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Discovery and Kia Picanto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86969, longitude -1.25445, in the PO15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Locks Heath, Whiteley and Warsash. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park Gate, Fareham, SO31 1DS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fareham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440500302
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
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 serious injury crash on 26 August 1994.
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on an unclassified road in Fareham, 26 August 1994
4 m awayRef 1994440HP0269
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Fareham, 22 September 1992
4 m awayRef 1992440HP0218
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A27 in Fareham, 9 December 2015
5 m awayRef 2015440429254
Serious
Honda NB50M crash on the A27 in Fareham, 2 September 1995
6 m awayRef 1995440HP0284
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A27 in Fareham, 7 July 1987
10 m awayRef 1987440HP0160
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A27 in Fareham, 13 October 2000
10 m awayRef 2000440HP0416
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Picanto)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017440500302 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.