M3 crash in Winchester on 18 September 2015 at 15:10 involving an MG ZT
An MG ZT, an Audi A5 and a Land Rover Range Rover Sport were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 15:10 on Friday 18 September 2015. The 36-year-old male driver of the Audi A5 was 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
- 18 Sep 2015
- Friday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- MG ZT and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03853, longitude -1.31564, in the SO21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery, Winchester, SO21 2BD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440324288
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 2014.
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the M3 in Winchester, 18 April 2014
2 m awayRef 2014440136263
Slight
Alfa Romeo 147 crash on the M3 in Winchester, 25 January 2007
3 m awayRef 2007440038368
Slight
Volkswagen Touareg crash on the M3 in Winchester, 25 January 2008
3 m awayRef 2008440035250
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the M3 in Winchester, 12 April 2018
3 m awayRef 2018440134685
Serious
Honda CBR1000RR crash on the M3 in Winchester, 10 July 2014
5 m awayRef 2014440245467
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A33 in Winchester, 27 August 1994
21 m awayRef 1994440OC0607
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: MG ZT
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A5
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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
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
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A5)
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 2015440324288 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 2015.