M3 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 19 June 2007 at 09:40 involving a Lexus RX300
A Lexus RX300 and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane at 09:40 on Tuesday 19 June 2007. The 40-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jun 2007
- Tuesday, 09:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lexus RX300 and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25778, longitude -1.06388, in the RG21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eastrop & Grove, Basingstoke and Deane, RG21 3QX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007440283483
- Council area
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 30
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2025.
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 1 December 2025
9 m awayRef 2025440541651
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane, 28 November 2006
14 m awayRef 2006440487988
Slight
Kia Rio crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane, 1 November 2025
18 m awayRef 2025440494715
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 2 September 1996
28 m awayRef 1996440BB0986
Serious
Honda CBR900RR crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 25 June 2003
28 m awayRef 2003440BB0757
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 15 November 1984
28 m awayRef 1984440BS0188
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lexus RX300
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 2007440283483 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basingstoke and Deane road accident statistics for 2007.