M27 crash in Fareham on 28 January 2020 at 18:43 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the M27 in Fareham at 18:43 on Tuesday 28 January 2020. The 31-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 61-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and the 59-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 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
- 28 Jan 2020
- Tuesday, 18:43
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86442, longitude -1.17219, in the PO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wallington & Downend, Fareham, PO16 8UD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fareham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020440035111
- Council area
- Fareham
- 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
- Urban
- 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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2006.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M27 in Fareham, 16 December 2006
12 m awayRef 2006440515914
Slight
Car crash on the M27 in Fareham, 25 June 2010
16 m awayRef 2010440263163
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the M27 in Fareham, 22 December 2011
26 m awayRef 2011440534969
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the M27 in Fareham, 3 July 2018
36 m awayRef 2018440248742
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the M27 in Fareham, 5 June 2009
38 m awayRef 2009440242077
Serious
BMW 2 Series crash on the M27 in Fareham, 5 February 2025
52 m awayRef 2025440054148
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 61 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 59 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- 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 2020440035111 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 2020.