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A342 crash in Test Valley on 16 April 2018 at 23:17 involving a Mini Cooper

A Mini Cooper crashed on the A342 in Test Valley at 23:17 on Monday 16 April 2018. The 30-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Apr 2018
Monday, 23:17
Vehicles
1
Mini Cooper
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24975, longitude -1.59766, in the SP11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018440140366
Council area
Test Valley
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
342
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, no street lighting
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

    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 2018440140366 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.