A3 crash in East Hampshire on 10 July 2017 at 14:20 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series, a Mercedes Sprinter van and a car were involved in a crash on the A3 in East Hampshire at 14:20 on Monday 10 July 2017. The 26-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series and the 45-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van 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
- 10 Jul 2017
- Monday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 1 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08447, longitude -0.80899, in the GU30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bramshott & Liphook, East Hampshire, GU30 7EW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hampshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440264600
- Council area
- East Hampshire
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- 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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 April 2021.
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the A3 in East Hampshire, 13 April 2021
22 m awayRef 2021440139068
Slight
Chevrolet Matiz crash on the A3 in East Hampshire, 27 June 2025
40 m awayRef 2025440284533
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A3 in East Hampshire, 12 January 2023
72 m awayRef 2023440014885
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B3004 in East Hampshire, 21 August 1996
161 m awayRef 1996440OL1155
Slight
Car crash on the B3004 in East Hampshire, 26 December 1982
164 m awayRef 1982440AW0263
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A3 in East Hampshire, 21 December 2013
171 m awayRef 2013440478164
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017440264600 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hampshire road accident statistics for 2017.