Serious M3 crash in Winchester on 11 July 2014 at 19:36 involving a Nissan Note
A Nissan Note, a Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 19:36 on Friday 11 July 2014. The 29-year-old female driver of the Nissan Note was seriously injured and the 24-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Jul 2014
- Friday, 19:36
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Note and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.036, longitude -1.32135, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440247112
- 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
- 90%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 10%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 2010.
Slight
Scania crash on the M3 in Winchester, 11 August 2010
9 m awayRef 2010440339721
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the M3 in Winchester, 10 August 2005
21 m awayRef 2005440620469
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M3 in Winchester, 13 June 2008
22 m awayRef 2008440260049
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M3 in Winchester, 24 November 2000
26 m awayRef 2000440OC1753
Slight
Honda CBR1000RR crash on the M3 in Winchester, 9 December 2014
31 m awayRef 2014440439672
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the M3 in Winchester, 14 July 2006
32 m awayRef 2006440268269
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,324 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Note)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2014440247112 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.