M3 crash in Hart on 8 December 2011 at 08:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the M3 in Hart at 08:20 on Thursday 8 December 2011. The 39-year-old female driver of the Citroen Xsara 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
- 8 Dec 2011
- Thursday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28738, longitude -0.90998, in the RG27 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hartley Wintney, Hart, RG27 8ZQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hart
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011440516207
- Council area
- Hart
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2004.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M3 in Hart, 11 June 2004
10 m awayRef 2004440AA0800
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the M3 in Hart, 27 June 2010
14 m awayRef 2010440265913
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M3 in Hart, 4 May 1999
22 m awayRef 1999440AA0672
Slight
Van crash on the M3 in Hart, 21 November 1979
22 m awayRef 1979440AL0344
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M3 in Hart, 2 June 2005
22 m awayRef 2005440526791
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Hart, 24 January 1983
22 m awayRef 1983440FH0008
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
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 2011440516207 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hart road accident statistics for 2011.