M27 crash in Test Valley on 10 January 2018 at 18:30 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the M27 in Test Valley at 18:30 on Wednesday 10 January 2018. The 38-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic was 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
- 10 Jan 2018
- Wednesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95518, longitude -1.45558, in the SO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams, Test Valley, SO16 8AN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440012466
- Council area
- Test Valley
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 2010.
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 24 November 2010
6 m awayRef 2010440496968
Serious
Ford Fusion crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 13 July 2014
8 m awayRef 2014440249141
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 5 February 2007
20 m awayRef 2007440056666
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 25 October 2010
34 m awayRef 2010440452151
Slight
MG HS crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 15 December 2025
52 m awayRef 2025440563317
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the M27 in Test Valley, 28 April 2024
54 m awayRef 2024440176823
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018440012466 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 2018.