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Serious M3 crash in Winchester on 12 June 1996 at 06:50 involving a Toyota Hiace van

A Toyota Hiace van crashed on the M3 in Winchester at 06:50 on Wednesday 12 June 1996. A 40-year-old male passenger, the 58-year-old male driver and a 48-year-old male passenger 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
12 Jun 1996
Wednesday, 06:50
Vehicles
1
Toyota Hiace
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18002, longitude -1.2174, 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
1996440OC0795
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hiace

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    2,446 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1996440OC0795 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 1996.