M3 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 17 March 2017 at 20:02 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a Porsche Cayenne and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane at 20:02 on Friday 17 March 2017. The 27-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra, the 57-year-old male driver of the Porsche Cayenne and the 53-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic were 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 Mar 2017
- Friday, 20:02
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21241, longitude -1.17261, in the RG25 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440100965
- Council area
- Basingstoke and Deane
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2017.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 17 March 2017
6 m awayRef 2017440100994
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 19 August 2024
6 m awayRef 2024440356764
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 6 November 2011
33 m awayRef 2011440472315
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Basingstoke and Deane, 14 June 1981
39 m awayRef 1981440BS0117
Serious
Volvo crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 9 October 1994
39 m awayRef 1994440BB1106
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M3 in Basingstoke and Deane, 31 January 1992
39 m awayRef 1992440BB0161
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Porsche Cayenne
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,806 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Honda Civic
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Porsche Cayenne)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Honda Civic)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017440100965 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 2017.