A34 crash in Winchester on 23 January 2014 at 17:16 involving a Mini Cooper
A Mini Cooper, a Mercedes C Class and a Volvo V40 were involved in a crash on the A34 in Winchester at 17:16 on Thursday 23 January 2014. The 36-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class, a 32-year-old female passenger in the Mini Cooper and the 46-year-old female driver of the Volvo V40 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jan 2014
- Thursday, 17:16
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mini Cooper and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.121, longitude -1.34504, in the SO21 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440027164
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 June 2009.
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on the A34 in Winchester, 29 June 2009
8 m awayRef 2009440282315
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A34 in Winchester, 26 November 2010
9 m awayRef 2010440500453
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A34 in Winchester, 27 December 2007
38 m awayRef 2007440587457
Slight
Car crash on the A34 in Winchester, 10 August 1987
57 m awayRef 1987440OC0437
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A34 in Winchester, 22 September 1989
57 m awayRef 1989440OC0719
Serious
Car crash on the A34 in Winchester, 1 December 1988
63 m awayRef 1988440OC0985
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Volvo V40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo V40)
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 2014440027164 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 2014.