M3 crash in Winchester on 3 October 2018 at 07:00 involving a BMW 3 Series
Two cars and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 07:00 on Wednesday 3 October 2018. The 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, a 24-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and the 48-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2018
- Wednesday, 07:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01049, longitude -1.34789, in the SO21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery, Winchester, SO21 2DX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440371864
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2007.
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the M3 in Winchester, 23 December 2007
10 m awayRef 2007440584393
Slight
Lorry crash on the A33 in Winchester, 11 July 1988
24 m awayRef 1988440OC0557
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M3 in Winchester, 23 June 2018
26 m awayRef 2018440235119
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on the M3 in Winchester, 10 March 2016
29 m awayRef 2016440098739
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A33 in Winchester, 2 May 1991
31 m awayRef 1991440OC0334
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the M3 in Test Valley, 25 June 2003
33 m awayRef 2003440LA0499
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018440371864 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.