M3 crash in Winchester on 26 December 2013 at 11:10 involving a Fiat 500
A Fiat 500 and a Hyundai i40 were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 11:10 on Thursday 26 December 2013. The 34-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i40 and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai i40 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2013
- Thursday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat 500 and Hyundai i40
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01015, longitude -1.34818, in the SO21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery, Winchester, SO21 2DX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013440482430
- 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
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
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, 25 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 March 2016.
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on the M3 in Winchester, 10 March 2016
25 m awayRef 2016440098739
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M3 in Winchester, 17 August 2011
27 m awayRef 2011440349950
Serious
Car crash on the A33 in Winchester, 17 October 1985
30 m awayRef 1985440OT0170
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A33 in Winchester, 20 August 1994
30 m awayRef 1994440OC0583
Serious
Van crash on the A33 in Winchester, 13 February 1989
31 m awayRef 1989440OC0104
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the M3 in Winchester, 23 December 2007
33 m awayRef 2007440584393
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai i40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i40)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i40)
- 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 2013440482430 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 2013.