M3 crash in Winchester on 3 March 2014 at 18:00 involving a Peugeot 407
A Peugeot 407, a Seat Leon and a Vauxhall Agila were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 18:00 on Monday 3 March 2014. The 26-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 407 and the 32-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Agila 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
- 3 Mar 2014
- Monday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 407 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03808, longitude -1.31669, in the SO21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery, Winchester, SO21 2BD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440075563
- 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M3 in Winchester, 10 August 2013
9 m awayRef 2013440300084
Slight
Van crash on the M3 in Winchester, 20 December 2017
9 m awayRef 2017440493149
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M3 in Winchester, 1 August 2013
14 m awayRef 2013440286481
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M3 in Winchester, 3 July 2006
14 m awayRef 2006440252718
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the M3 in Winchester, 10 June 2006
14 m awayRef 2006440217562
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M3 in Winchester, 21 October 2011
21 m awayRef 2011440447882
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 407
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Agila
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 407)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Agila)
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 2014440075563 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.