{"id":818785,"date":"2026-10-30T15:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T15:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/818785\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T15:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T15:28:15","slug":"police-statement-after-seven-vehicles-involved-in-m3-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/818785\/","title":{"rendered":"Police statement after seven vehicles involved in M3 crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Officers from Hampshire police said the crashes caused severe disruption on the M3 northbound.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The first crash, involving three vehicles, was reported at 10.09am between junctions 12 for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/district\/eastleigh\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eastleigh<\/a> and Chandler&#8217;s Ford and 11 near <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/district\/winchester\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Winchester<\/a> on the northbound carriageway.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Minor injuries were sustained in the collision.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A second crash involving four vehicles was then reported at 10.44am in the resulting congestion.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  No injuries were reported in the second incident.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  One lane of the M3 northbound was closed following the two collisions, causing disruption to motorists travelling along the motorway.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The incidents involved a total of seven vehicles, with emergency services responding to both crashes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Motorists are advised to approach the area with caution and allow extra time for their journeys.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The full circumstances surrounding both collisions have not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officers from Hampshire police said the crashes caused severe disruption on the M3 northbound. The first crash, involving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-818785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}