A3(M) crash in Havant on 15 December 2022 at 09:37 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A3(M) in Havant at 09:37 on Thursday 15 December 2022. The 72-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane and the 47-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2022
- Thursday, 09:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88572, longitude -1.00507, in the PO7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cowplain, Havant, PO7 8QB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havant
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022440504744
- Council area
- Havant
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- First road number
- 3
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A(M)
- Second road number
- 3
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2020.
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the A3(M) in Havant, 2 October 2020
2 m awayRef 2020440381983
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A3(M) in Havant, 26 November 2023
2 m awayRef 2023440484419
Slight
Peugeot Boxer crash on the A3(M) in Havant, 2 October 2025
5 m awayRef 2025440445428
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A3(M) in Havant, 18 February 2024
14 m awayRef 2024440071354
Serious
Peugeot Partner crash on the A3(M) in Havant, 6 May 2023
43 m awayRef 2023440178672
Slight
Mazda E2200 crash on the A3(M) in Havant, 31 January 1990
51 m awayRef 1990440CW0036
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2022440504744 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havant road accident statistics for 2022.