Serious B3398 crash in Test Valley on 21 February 2022 at 16:36 involving a Nissan Qashqai
Four vehicles, including a Nissan Qashqai and a Suzuki Swift, were involved in a crash on the B3398 in Test Valley at 16:36 on Monday 21 February 2022. The 88-year-old male driver of the Nissan Qashqai was seriously injured and the 19-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Suzuki Swift were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Feb 2022
- Monday, 16:36
- Vehicles
- 4
- Nissan Qashqai and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98742, longitude -1.49528, in the SO51 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Romsey Tadburn, Test Valley, SO51 8AG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022440072808
- Council area
- Test Valley
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3398
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 93%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 7%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 September 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the B3398 in Test Valley, 23 September 1983
12 m awayRef 1983440LR0291
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Test Valley, 25 March 1998
15 m awayRef 1998440LR0081
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on an unclassified road in Test Valley, 22 September 2025
22 m awayRef 2025440429422
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 1 February 1979
26 m awayRef 1979440CR0007
Slight
MG MGB crash on an unclassified road in Test Valley, 21 September 1996
26 m awayRef 1996440LR0226
Slight
Taxi crash on the A31 in Test Valley, 12 October 1981
26 m awayRef 1981440DC0285
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 88 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,328 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2022440072808 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 2022.