A3(M) crash in East Hampshire on 4 September 2025 at 08:20 involving a Ford Ecosport
A Ford Ecosport and a car were involved in a crash on the A3(M) in East Hampshire at 08:20 on Thursday 4 September 2025. The 32-year-old female driver of the Ford Ecosport was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Sep 2025
- Thursday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Ecosport and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94547, longitude -0.98374, in the PO8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clanfield, East Hampshire, PO8 0WR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hampshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025440399984
- Council area
- East Hampshire
- 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
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2017.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A3 in East Hampshire, 27 October 2017
5 m awayRef 2017440417942
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A3 in East Hampshire, 9 December 2018
12 m awayRef 2018440458594
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the A3 in East Hampshire, 27 October 2017
15 m awayRef 2017440417937
Serious
Car crash on the A3 in East Hampshire, 24 May 1981
19 m awayRef 1981440JR0075
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in East Hampshire, 8 May 1979
19 m awayRef 1979440JR0081
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in East Hampshire, 13 October 1982
19 m awayRef 1982440JR0149
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Ecosport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 58 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Ecosport)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2025440399984 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hampshire road accident statistics for 2025.