M3 crash in Winchester on 17 May 2018 at 16:31 involving a Volkswagen Crafter van
A car, a Volkswagen Crafter van and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 16:31 on Thursday 17 May 2018. The 30-year-old male driver of the Toyota Auris was 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
- 17 May 2018
- Thursday, 16:31
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Crafter and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03671, longitude -1.31998, in the SO21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery, Winchester, SO21 2BD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440182891
- 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 November 2019.
Serious
Volvo crash on the M3 in Winchester, 16 November 2019
9 m awayRef 2019440412824
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the M3 in Winchester, 21 March 2014
13 m awayRef 2014440099705
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the M3 in Winchester, 30 May 2008
16 m awayRef 2008440236114
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the M3 in Winchester, 16 August 2024
22 m awayRef 2024440351330
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M3 in Winchester, 26 July 1997
25 m awayRef 1997440OC1039
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M3 in Winchester, 28 September 2008
26 m awayRef 2008440440607
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Crafter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Auris)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2018440182891 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.