A34 crash in Winchester on 31 May 2017 at 16:55 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Movano were involved in a crash on the A34 in Winchester at 16:55 on Wednesday 31 May 2017. The 61-year-old male driver of the Audi A3, the 34-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Movano and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Movano 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
- 31 May 2017
- Wednesday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Vauxhall Movano
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09709, longitude -1.32779, in the SO22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the The Worthys, Winchester, SO21 2FT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440205847
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- 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, 35 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A34 in Winchester, 15 October 2004
35 m awayRef 2004440OC1466
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A34 in Winchester, 23 July 1999
67 m awayRef 1999440OC1072
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A34 in Winchester, 17 December 2004
69 m awayRef 2004440OC1834
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A34 in Winchester, 8 September 2021
71 m awayRef 2021440360311
Slight
Volvo crash on the A34 in Winchester, 3 November 2023
84 m awayRef 2023440449761
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A34 in Winchester, 18 April 2014
99 m awayRef 2014440136274
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Movano
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Movano)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Movano)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017440205847 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 2017.