M3 crash in Winchester on 21 January 2020 at 17:50 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A Vauxhall Vivaro van, a car and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 17:50 on Tuesday 21 January 2020. The 25-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2020
- Tuesday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Vivaro and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00445, longitude -1.35423, in the SO21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery, Winchester, SO21 2HH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Winchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020440025591
- 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, street lights lit
- 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 6 July 1989.
Slight
Van crash on the A33 in Winchester, 6 July 1989
16 m awayRef 1989440OC0496
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the M3 in Eastleigh, 9 June 2003
17 m awayRef 2003440LA0457
Serious
Car crash on the A33 in Winchester, 22 February 1989
17 m awayRef 1989440OC0127
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A33 in Winchester, 11 June 1991
17 m awayRef 1991440OC0434
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A33 in Winchester, 26 December 1990
17 m awayRef 1990440OC1040
Slight
Vanden Plas 1500 crash on the A33 in Winchester, 26 April 1990
21 m awayRef 1990440OC0339
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro
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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020440025591 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 2020.