M3 crash in Winchester on 17 November 2016 at 16:44 involving a Vauxhall Mokka
A Vauxhall Mokka and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 16:44 on Thursday 17 November 2016. The 52-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Mokka was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 2016
- Thursday, 16:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Mokka and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0376, longitude -1.31783, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440434711
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 2017.
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the M3 in Winchester, 17 February 2017
4 m awayRef 2017440062482
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M3 in Winchester, 18 October 2016
4 m awayRef 2016440393842
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M3 in Winchester, 3 October 2014
4 m awayRef 2014440358139
Slight
Bedford crash on the M3 in Winchester, 16 August 2003
7 m awayRef 2003440OC1185
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the M3 in Winchester, 21 June 2018
8 m awayRef 2018440232444
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the M3 in Winchester, 23 September 2005
11 m awayRef 2005440686565
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Mokka
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Mokka)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2016440434711 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.