M3 crash in Winchester on 24 August 2021 at 11:51 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Sport
A Land Rover Range Rover Sport, a Toyota Prius and a car were involved in a crash on the M3 in Winchester at 11:51 on Tuesday 24 August 2021. A 44-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Prius 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
- 24 Aug 2021
- Tuesday, 11:51
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Range Rover Sport and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04097, longitude -1.31022, in the SO21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael, Winchester, SO23 9PA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021440337643
- 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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2022.
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the M3 in Winchester, 1 July 2022
15 m awayRef 2022440262500
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Audi A3 crash on the M3 in Winchester, 29 May 2015
20 m awayRef 2015440181260
Slight
Vauxhall Signum crash on the M3 in Winchester, 14 July 2007
23 m awayRef 2007440325812
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Chrysler crash on the M3 in Winchester, 2 June 2011
25 m awayRef 2011440228663
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Ford KA crash on the M3 in Winchester, 4 August 2006
25 m awayRef 2006440300850
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Mercedes B Class crash on the M3 in Winchester, 1 October 2025
35 m awayRef 2025440445400
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 60 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2021440337643 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 2021.