M3 crash in Hart on 18 September 2017 at 14:21 involving a Volvo S80
A Volvo S80 and a Volvo V50 were involved in a crash on the M3 in Hart at 14:21 on Monday 18 September 2017. The 54-year-old male driver of the Volvo S80 and a 51-year-old female passenger in the Volvo S80 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
- 18 Sep 2017
- Monday, 14:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo S80 and Volvo V50
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27395, longitude -0.94725, in the RG27 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Hart
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440361748
- Council area
- Hart
- 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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2017.
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the M3 in Hart, 1 June 2017
16 m awayRef 2017440207031
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M3 in Hart, 4 February 1995
37 m awayRef 1995440AA0083
Slight
Rover Montego crash on the M3 in Hart, 20 July 1996
37 m awayRef 1996440AA0432
Slight
Toyota crash on the M3 in Hart, 13 September 2003
37 m awayRef 2003440AA1218
Slight
Van crash on the M3 in Hart, 20 December 1980
37 m awayRef 1980440AL0362
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Hart, 3 January 1981
37 m awayRef 1981440AL0002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo S80
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,435 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo V50
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo S80)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo S80)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2017440361748 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hart road accident statistics for 2017.