Fatal M3 crash in Winchester on 10 November 2014 at 18:45 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord, a car and a BMW M5 were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 18:45 on Monday 10 November 2014. A 56-year-old female passenger in the Honda Accord was killed and the 37-year-old male driver of the Honda Accord was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 10 Nov 2014
- Monday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Accord and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05296, longitude -1.29811, in the SO23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael, Winchester, SO23 8RD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440405176
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2010.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the M3 in Winchester, 26 February 2010
3 m awayRef 2010440079379
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the M3 in Winchester, 18 April 1994
21 m awayRef 1994440OC0285
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the M3 in Winchester, 14 June 2003
21 m awayRef 2003440OC0847
Slight
Audi Coupe crash on the M3 in Winchester, 7 November 1997
21 m awayRef 1997440OC1650
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M3 in Winchester, 31 October 1996
21 m awayRef 1996440OC1573
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M3 in Winchester, 20 December 2001
21 m awayRef 2001440OC1959
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: BMW M5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)
Casualty 2: Passenger
FatalFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)
- 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 2014440405176 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.