M3 crash in Winchester on 9 February 2018 at 10:19 involving a Citroen Berlingo van
A car and a Citroen Berlingo van were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 10:19 on Friday 9 February 2018. The 42-year-old male driver of the Citroen Berlingo van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Feb 2018
- Friday, 10:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Citroen Berlingo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06806, longitude -1.29252, in the SO21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Bartholomew, Winchester, SO23 7RS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440053125
- 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
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 3
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2021.
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Slight
Citroen Dispatch crash on the M3 in Winchester, 12 January 2024
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Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M3 in Winchester, 10 July 2025
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Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the M3 in Winchester, 8 December 2017
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Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M3 in Winchester, 2 February 2023
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)
- 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 2018440053125 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 2018.