M3 crash in Winchester on 26 December 2013 at 10:59 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a Renault Scenic were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 10:59 on Thursday 26 December 2013. The 54-year-old male driver of the Renault Scenic and a 54-year-old female passenger in the Renault Scenic 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, 10:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and Renault Scenic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0165, longitude -1.34093, in the SO21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Compton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery, Winchester, SO21 2DX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013440482438
- 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
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 2016.
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the M3 in Winchester, 28 December 2016
4 m awayRef 2016440487087
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M3 in Winchester, 9 May 2010
8 m awayRef 2010440188342
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the M3 in Winchester, 20 June 2009
11 m awayRef 2009440267364
Fatal
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M3 in Winchester, 6 September 2017
17 m awayRef 2017440345237
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M3 in Winchester, 10 January 2002
20 m awayRef 2002440OC0063
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M3 in Winchester, 20 January 2010
22 m awayRef 2010440025352
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
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
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)
- 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 2013440482438 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.