Driver dies after hitting concrete barrier, driving over the bridge and crashing onto M3 below

Police are appealing for witness following a crash in which a man died on the M3.

The road was shut southbound between junctions 3 for Lightwater and Bagshot and 4a for Farnborough.

Drivers reporter being stuck in traffic for more than six hours.

National Highways confirmed that the road reopened just after 1:30am on Wednesday.

All emergency services attended the scene with Surrey police leading the response.

Officers were called to the M3 at around 5.25pm yesterday evening (Tuesday, 1 October) following a single vehicle collision on the southbound carriageway near J4.

The vehicle initially left the A325 carriageway around the Ravenswood Roundabout, where it hit a concrete barrier and went over the bridge, landing on the southbound carriageway of the M3 below.

South East Coast Ambulance Service also attended but, despite the best efforts of paramedics, the driver of the vehicle, a man in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Both the slip road of the A325 and the southbound carriageway of the M3 were closed for several hours to allow police to carry out their initial investigation.

Traffic caught within the closure had to be turned around from the rear of the queue. Vehicles were being turned around in small batches to be sent back to J3.

Those roads have now fully reopened.

We are now appealing for any information that may assist our investigation. We would particularly like to trace the movements of a black BMW I3 prior to the collision.

If you were in the area between 5.20pm and 5.25pm yesterday evening and witnessed the collision, or you have CCTV, dash cam or helmet cam footage that might have captured any part of this incident, please get in touch quoting PR/45240112326.

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