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Serious M3 crash in Winchester on 18 September 1990 at 09:45 involving a Triumph Acclaim

A lorry and a Triumph Acclaim were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 09:45 on Tuesday 18 September 1990. The 81-year-old male driver of the Triumph Acclaim, a 77-year-old male passenger in the Triumph Acclaim and an 83-year-old female passenger in the Triumph Acclaim were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Sep 1990
Tuesday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Triumph Acclaim
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14153, longitude -1.24521, in the SO21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Winchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990440OC0736
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Acclaim

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,335 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Triumph Acclaim)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Triumph Acclaim)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Triumph Acclaim)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1990440OC0736 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Winchester road accident statistics for 1990.