M3 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 5 May 2015 at 15:30 involving a Mini One
A Mini One, a Volkswagen Polo and a car were involved in a crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane at 15:30 on Tuesday 5 May 2015. The 47-year-old female driver of the Mini One and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Mini One were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 May 2015
- Tuesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mini One and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23037, longitude -1.12398, in the RG22 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440151107
- Council area
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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 with 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, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 December 2015.
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 14 December 2015
8 m awayRef 2015440436445
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 29 November 2012
17 m awayRef 2012440464692
Serious
Car crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 12 September 1982
46 m awayRef 1982440BS0190
Slight
Lorry crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 17 January 1980
46 m awayRef 1980440BS0018
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 16 April 1994
46 m awayRef 1994440BB0422
Slight
Renault 4 crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 6 July 1991
46 m awayRef 1991440BV0102
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini One)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini One)
- 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 2015440151107 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basingstoke and Deane road accident statistics for 2015.