M3 crash in Winchester on 22 July 2014 at 20:43 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Renault Trafic van were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 20:43 on Tuesday 22 July 2014. The 63-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 44-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa 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
- 22 Jul 2014
- Tuesday, 20:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Renault Trafic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14061, longitude -1.24511, in the SO21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440262458
- 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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2011.
Slight
Mini One crash on the M3 in Winchester, 13 December 2011
18 m awayRef 2011440522738
Serious
Lorry crash on the M3 in Winchester, 13 July 1987
96 m awayRef 1987440OC0381
Serious
Lorry crash on the M3 in Winchester, 21 December 1987
96 m awayRef 1987440OC0797
Serious
Triumph Acclaim crash on the M3 in Winchester, 18 September 1990
96 m awayRef 1990440OC0736
Fatal
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the M3 in Winchester, 26 June 1997
96 m awayRef 1997440OC0927
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Winchester, 16 March 1989
96 m awayRef 1989440OC0180
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
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
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2014440262458 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.