A27 crash in Test Valley on 5 August 2022 at 14:00 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A27 in Test Valley at 14:00 on Friday 5 August 2022. All six casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Aug 2022
- Friday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and car
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98714, longitude -1.49457, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022440316104
- 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
- 27
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2005.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3090 in Test Valley, 21 August 2005
7 m awayRef 2005440637179
Slight
Yamaha TW 125 crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 27 April 2012
8 m awayRef 2012440161982
Slight
Minibus crash on the A31 in Test Valley, 2 August 1983
13 m awayRef 1983440LR0237
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Test Valley, 26 April 2010
13 m awayRef 2010440168068
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A31 in Test Valley, 21 December 1988
17 m awayRef 1988440LR0390
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in Test Valley, 15 December 1985
23 m awayRef 1985440LR0395
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022440316104 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.