M3 crash in Winchester on 23 March 2009 at 13:23 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A lorry and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 13:23 on Monday 23 March 2009. The 43-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra 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
- 23 Mar 2009
- Monday, 13:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03983, longitude -1.3129, in the SO21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael, Winchester, SO23 9PA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009440126281
- Council area
- Winchester
- 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
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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the M3 in Winchester, 7 October 2013
12 m awayRef 2013440381060
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the M3 in Winchester, 12 March 2010
36 m awayRef 2010440101011
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the M3 in Winchester, 1 March 2013
38 m awayRef 2013440077674
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the M3 in Winchester, 30 April 2016
39 m awayRef 2016440162693
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M3 in Winchester, 1 May 2010
40 m awayRef 2010440176513
Serious
Harley-Davidson FLS crash on the M3 in Winchester, 26 September 2007
51 m awayRef 2007440446980
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2009440126281 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 2009.