M3 crash in Eastleigh on 12 July 2013 at 10:00 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry, a Ford KA and a BMW M5 were involved in a crash on the M3 in Eastleigh at 10:00 on Friday 12 July 2013. The 18-year-old female driver of the Ford KA, a 17-year-old female passenger in the Ford KA and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford KA were 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
- 12 Jul 2013
- Friday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Scania and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98989, longitude -1.36107, in the SO53 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chandler's Ford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hiltingbury, Eastleigh, SO53 2DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Eastleigh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013440256457
- Council area
- Eastleigh
- 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
- Urban
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2017.
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the M3 in Eastleigh, 12 January 2017
1 m awayRef 2017440014130
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M3 in Eastleigh, 3 July 2010
13 m awayRef 2010440276832
Slight
Yamaha crash on the M3 in Eastleigh, 2 September 2011
17 m awayRef 2011440373803
Fatal
Nissan Micra crash on the M3 in Eastleigh, 10 September 2017
18 m awayRef 2017440350566
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the M3 in Eastleigh, 9 October 2025
27 m awayRef 2025440458298
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M3 in Eastleigh, 28 March 2012
37 m awayRef 2012440123101
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,705 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: BMW M5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2013440256457 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastleigh road accident statistics for 2013.