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New Forest road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 337 road traffic collisions in the New Forest in 2025, and 440 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 93 were serious.

Collisions were up 3% on 2024 (327), and casualties rose from 399.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 26,818 collisions in the New Forest.

Collisions in 2025
337
Up 3% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
440
Up 10% on 2024
Fatal collisions
3
0.9% of collisions
Serious collisions
93
28% of collisions

Crash severity in the New Forest in 2025

0.9% of collisions in the New Forest in 2025 were fatal and 28% serious, against 2% and 22% in the New Forest from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal30.9%
  • Serious9328%
  • Slight24172%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal30.7%
  • Serious10624%
  • Slight33175%

New Forest road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in the New Forest, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 788 in 1997. 2025 is highlighted, with 337, up 3% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 337
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025337440
2024327399
2023315406
2022304366
2021305394
2020284358
2019310389
2018371486
2017384479
2016428558
2015425525
2014419561
2013463601
2012475610
2011506637
2010468635
2009484658
2008439599
2007527703
2006579765
2005639841
2004615836
2003707995
2002632906
2001617861
2000677926
1999705912
1998724997
19977881,086
19967011,004
1995662897
1994617840
1993660963
1992626853
1991661908
19907371,031
19897811,050
1988699937
1987732972
19867431,023
1985746986
19847741,065
1983724966
1982680944
1981698943
1980658875
1979665933

When and where crashes happen in the New Forest in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday41 (12%)
  • Tuesday44 (13%)
  • Wednesday47 (14%)
  • Thursday47 (14%)
  • Friday58 (17%)
  • Saturday52 (15%)
  • Sunday48 (14%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:596 (1.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:597 (2.1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5935 (10%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5960 (18%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5958 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59112 (33%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5942 (12%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5917 (5%)

Collisions by month

  • January30 (8.9%)
  • February29 (8.6%)
  • March23 (6.8%)
  • April27 (8%)
  • May40 (12%)
  • June28 (8.3%)
  • July27 (8%)
  • August35 (10%)
  • September23 (6.8%)
  • October23 (6.8%)
  • November36 (11%)
  • December16 (4.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight255 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting39 (12%)
  • Dark, street lights lit31 (9.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown12 (3.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds302 (90%)
  • Raining, no high winds26 (7.7%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.9%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry268 (80%)
  • Wet or damp59 (18%)
  • Frost or ice8 (2.4%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.3%)
  • Snow1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph143 (42%)
  • 40 mph88 (26%)
  • 50 mph18 (5.3%)
  • 60 mph51 (15%)
  • 70 mph36 (11%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway270 (80%)
  • Dual carriageway38 (11%)
  • Roundabout18 (5.3%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (3.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in the New Forest in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant277 (63%)
  • Motorcyclist63 (14%)
  • Cyclist50 (11%)
  • Pedestrian34 (7.7%)
  • Van occupant13 (3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 55 (1.1%)
  • 6 to 1015 (3.4%)
  • 11 to 1510 (2.3%)
  • 16 to 2054 (12%)
  • 21 to 2543 (9.8%)
  • 26 to 3561 (14%)
  • 36 to 4557 (13%)
  • 46 to 5564 (15%)
  • 56 to 6545 (10%)
  • 66 to 7543 (9.8%)
  • Over 7542 (9.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider328 (75%)
  • Passenger78 (18%)
  • Pedestrian34 (7.7%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car425 (71%)
  • Motorcycle63 (11%)
  • Pedal cycle53 (8.8%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes44 (7.3%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes9 (1.5%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)2 (0.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle1 (0.2%)
  • Bus or coach1 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for the New Forest in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in the New Forest

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How the New Forest ranked among 351 areas in 2025

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, the New Forest had the 88th most road collisions in 2025.

Collisions
88th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
88th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
155th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
81st
highest of 351 areas

Accident hotspots in the New Forest in 2025

Marchwood & Eling, New Forest, SO40 9NE area was the busiest accident hotspot in the New Forest in 2025, with 20 collisions, 4 of them serious.

Roads in the New Forest with the most crashes in 2025

The A35 had the most collisions in the New Forest in 2025: 29, including 10 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in the New Forest, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA352946010
2ndA31283222
3rdA326232506
4thA337203004
5thA36202504
6thB3058121304
7thB30548904
8thA33871202
9thB30556911
10thM276900
11thB30565702
12thB30785602
13thA3364600
14thA3544701
15thB33473601
16thB30532700
17thB30761100
18thB30791101
19thB30811101

Towns in the New Forest: crashes in 2025

Totton had the most collisions of any town in the New Forest in 2025: 32.

Postcode districts in the New Forest: crashes in 2025

SO40 had the most collisions of any postcode district in the New Forest in 2025: 81.

Latest crashes in the New Forest in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in the New Forest in 2025, none were fatal and 3 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2025.

Severity

New Forest road accidents in other years