Delays building along the M3 following lorry and car crash

Commuters are in for a long drive home today (Friday, June 9). Traffic remains along the M3 as a result of the incident coming off the A34 near Winnall, which happened after 3pm.

#M3 Southbound - Lane 1 BLOCKED on the entry slip at J9/#A34 #Winnall due to RTI, delays on approach. pic.twitter.com/EKcrosNKVS^[1][2][3][4]

Traffic building along the M3 near Winnall (Image: Romanse)A spokesperson for Hampshire Police said: "We were called at 3.09pm to a report that a lorry and a car had collided on the M3 southbound at the Junction 9 slip road.

"No injuries were reported. The road was clear by 3.55pm."

Traffic is also "much higher than usual", according to Google Maps, between Hockley and Eastleigh^[6].

Lane one of the M3 was also blocked northbound between Junction 10 and Junction 9, by Winnall, due to a vehicle breaking down before 2pm which has since been cleared, with delays easing.

#M3 Northbound - Lane 1 BLOCKED between J10/#A31 #Winchester and J9/#A34 #Winnall due to a broken down vehicle, delays on approach. pic.twitter.com/dM7zupcGAw^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}

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1. ^{^} #M3 (twitter.com)
2. ^{^} #A34 (twitter.com)
3. ^{^} #Winnall (twitter.com)
4. ^{^} pic.twitter.com/EKcrosNKVS (t.co)
5. ^{^} June 9, 2023 (twitter.com)
6. ^{^} Eastleigh (www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk)
7. ^{^} #M3 (twitter.com)
8. ^{^} #A31 (twitter.com)
9. ^{^} #Winchester (twitter.com)
10. ^{^} #A34 (twitter.com)
11. ^{^} #Winnall (twitter.com)
12. ^{^} pic.twitter.com/dM7zupcGAw (t.co)
13. ^{^} June 9, 2023 (twitter.com)