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A31 crash in Winchester on 1 July 2025 at 16:47 involving a Mercedes GLS Class

A Mercedes GLS Class crashed on the A31 in Winchester at 16:47 on Tuesday 1 July 2025. The 50-year-old male driver 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
1 Jul 2025
Tuesday, 16:47
Vehicles
1
Mercedes GLS Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07729, longitude -1.19445, in the SO24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Winchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025440291059
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes GLS Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,925 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes GLS Class)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

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 2025440291059 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 2025.