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M3 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 6 January 2011 at 09:10 involving a Vauxhall Meriva

A Vauxhall Meriva and a car were involved in a crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane at 09:10 on Thursday 6 January 2011. The 42-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Meriva was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 2011
Thursday, 09:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Meriva and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25612, longitude -1.06979, in the RG21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eastrop & Grove, Basingstoke and Deane, RG21 3QS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Basingstoke and Deane

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011440008773
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
3
Road type
Slip road
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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
3

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

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Meriva)

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 2011440008773 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 2011.