M3 crash in Hart on 31 July 2014 at 18:30 involving a Lexus GS300
A van and a Lexus GS300 were involved in a crash on the M3 in Hart at 18:30 on Thursday 31 July 2014. A 58-year-old female passenger in the Lexus GS300, a 35-year-old female passenger in the Lexus GS300 and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Lexus GS300 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
- 31 Jul 2014
- Thursday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and Lexus GS300
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29454, longitude -0.86475, in the GU51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Elvetham Heath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fleet West, Hart, GU51 1DL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hart
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440275209
- Council area
- Hart
- 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
- Urban
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2016.
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the M3 in Hart, 9 May 2016
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Mercedes S Class crash on the M3 in Hart, 7 May 2008
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Slight
BMW M2 crash on the M3 in Hart, 18 November 2020
30 m awayRef 2020440447038
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the M3 in Hart, 24 August 2023
43 m awayRef 2023440343046
Slight
Daihatsu Move crash on the M3 in Hart, 11 May 1998
60 m awayRef 1998440AA0619
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Hart, 23 September 1987
60 m awayRef 1987440AL0288
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Lexus GS300
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
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lexus GS300)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lexus GS300)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lexus GS300)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2014440275209 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hart road accident statistics for 2014.