M3 crash in Winchester on 12 May 2019 at 12:43 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 12:43 on Sunday 12 May 2019. The 33-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra 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
- 12 May 2019
- Sunday, 12:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01778, longitude -1.33907, in the SO21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Compton.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019440163912
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2018.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the M3 in Winchester, 13 December 2018
6 m awayRef 2018440464040
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the M3 in Winchester, 5 May 2010
7 m awayRef 2010440182030
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A33 in Winchester, 25 January 1991
8 m awayRef 1991440OC0081
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A33 in Winchester, 13 August 1993
15 m awayRef 1993440OC0484
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A33 in Winchester, 12 May 1987
42 m awayRef 1987440OC0249
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A33 in Winchester, 4 August 1991
42 m awayRef 1991440OC0580
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,363 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- 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 2019440163912 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 2019.