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M27 J8 at 14:46 on Wednesday 14 October: part closure planned from 22:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Hedge End, Fareham, Southampton, Eastleigh.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 757 collisions are on record, 5 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M27 itself, within 2 miles of J8. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M27 J8 → 6 of 11 junctions on the M27 · see where it ranks nationallyM27 J8 is at Bursledon & Hamble. National Highways signs it as Bursledon. The nearest town is Hedge End.
No — as of 14:46 National Highways list nothing at M27 J8. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M27 westbound Jct 8 entry slip road closure, from 22:00 until 06:00 Thu 15 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 49 collisions on the M27 within 2 miles of J8, including 1 fatal and 11 serious. Counting every road in the area, 757 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 164 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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