A27 crash in Fareham on 13 December 2018 at 15:45 involving a BMW 2 Series
A BMW 2 Series and a Volkswagen Beetle were involved in a crash on the A27 in Fareham at 15:45 on Thursday 13 December 2018. The 27-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Beetle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2018
- Thursday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 2 Series and Volkswagen Beetle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84673, longitude -1.12772, in the PO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portchester Castle, Fareham, PO16 8LE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440464277
- Council area
- Fareham
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 27
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 July 1979.
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Fareham, 10 July 1979
11 m awayRef 1979440HF0242
Slight
Rover 75 crash on the A27 in Fareham, 31 December 2004
26 m awayRef 2004440HF0702
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Fareham, 31 March 2025
29 m awayRef 2025440139347
Serious
Triumph Speed Triple 1050 crash on the A27 in Fareham, 4 September 2013
30 m awayRef 2013440334933
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A27 in Fareham, 21 August 1986
31 m awayRef 1986440HF0354
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A27 in Fareham, 31 December 2011
31 m awayRef 2011440001652
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Beetle
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Beetle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018440464277 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 2018.