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M3 J8 at 05:34 on Friday 9 October: closure planned from 21:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Popham, Whitchurch Hampshire, Basingstoke, Winchester.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 98 collisions are on record, 0 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M3 itself, within 2 miles of J8. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M3 J8 → 11 of 15 junctions on the M3 · see where it ranks nationallyM3 J8 is at Popham & Micheldever. National Highways signs it as Popham. The nearest town is Popham.
No — as of 05:34 National Highways list nothing at M3 J8. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M3 northbound Jct 10 to Jct 8 carriageway closure, from 21:00 until 06:00 Sat 10 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 21 collisions on the M3 within 2 miles of J8, including 0 fatal and 7 serious. Counting every road in the area, 98 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 406 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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