M3 crash in Winchester on 18 February 2014 at 19:19 involving an Iveco lorry
An Iveco lorry and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 19:19 on Tuesday 18 February 2014. The 69-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Feb 2014
- Tuesday, 19:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Iveco and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05442, longitude -1.29555, in the SO21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael, Winchester, SO23 8RD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440058960
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 6 metres away, was a fatal crash on 15 December 2014.
Fatal
DAF Trucks crash on the M3 in Winchester, 15 December 2014
6 m awayRef 2014440446249
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the M3 in Winchester, 29 April 2006
26 m awayRef 2006440160261
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M3 in Winchester, 30 March 1998
33 m awayRef 1998440OC0447
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the M3 in Winchester, 15 August 2001
33 m awayRef 2001440OC1189
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 45 crash on the M3 in Winchester, 8 October 2001
33 m awayRef 2001440OC1471
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the M3 in Winchester, 24 August 2006
38 m awayRef 2006440333723
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Iveco
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,308 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2014440058960 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.