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M3 crash in Winchester on 13 July 1993 at 16:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra, a car and a Vauxhall Carlton were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 16:20 on Tuesday 13 July 1993. A 27-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and the 20-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Jul 1993
Tuesday, 16:20
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0699, longitude -1.29347, in the SO23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winchester.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993440OC0360
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 1993440OC0360 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 1993.