M3 crash in Winchester on 8 August 2014 at 12:05 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo and a Ford Puma were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 12:05 on Friday 8 August 2014. All five casualties 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
- 8 Aug 2014
- Friday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Aygo and Ford Puma
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06552, longitude -1.29304, in the SO23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Bartholomew, Winchester, SO23 7RS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440285831
- 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
- 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, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2012.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M3 in Winchester, 24 May 2012
25 m awayRef 2012440198344
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M3 in Winchester, 8 June 2007
27 m awayRef 2007440265139
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M3 in Winchester, 8 July 2024
30 m awayRef 2024440288284
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M3 in Winchester, 21 January 2015
34 m awayRef 2015440022489
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M3 in Winchester, 15 June 1996
40 m awayRef 1996440OC0803
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the M3 in Winchester, 22 February 1997
40 m awayRef 1997440OC0278
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Puma
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Puma)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Puma)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Puma)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Puma)
- 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 2014440285831 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.