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M3 crash in Winchester on 7 November 1997 at 17:30 involving an Audi Coupe

An Audi Coupe, a Vauxhall Tigra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 17:30 on Friday 7 November 1997. The 52-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Nov 1997
Friday, 17:30
Vehicles
3
Audi Coupe and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05284, longitude -1.29801, 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
1997440OC1650
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
Dark, no street lighting
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 14 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi Coupe

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Tigra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1997440OC1650 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 1997.