M3 crash in Winchester on 26 August 2016 at 10:47 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Insignia and an Audi A5, were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 10:47 on Friday 26 August 2016. The 50-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Insignia and the 41-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra 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
- 26 Aug 2016
- Friday, 10:47
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Insignia and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16521, longitude -1.23046, in the SO21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wonston and Micheldever, Winchester, SO21 3DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440320770
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 2018.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the M3 in Winchester, 6 May 2018
8 m awayRef 2018440167319
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M3 in Winchester, 2 November 2006
11 m awayRef 2006440444165
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the M3 in Winchester, 26 June 2016
15 m awayRef 2016440238033
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M3 in Winchester, 26 September 2016
30 m awayRef 2016440364004
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M3 in Winchester, 21 May 2007
48 m awayRef 2007440235282
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the M3 in Winchester, 19 September 1997
50 m awayRef 1997440OC1383
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A5
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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Mercedes CLS Class
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
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2016440320770 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 2016.