Serious A35 crash in the New Forest on 14 August 1994 at 15:55 involving a Vauxhall Carlton
A Vauxhall Carlton and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A35 in the New Forest at 15:55 on Sunday 14 August 1994. There were five casualties: four people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Aug 1994
- Sunday, 15:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Carlton and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 5
- 4 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87554, longitude -1.56305, in the SO43 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1994440DL0147
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 35
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2010.
Slight
Mazda Premacy crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 25 February 2010
14 m awayRef 2010440078773
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 19 December 2003
20 m awayRef 2003440DL0315
Slight
Subaru Forester crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 4 September 2020
22 m awayRef 2020440341168
Slight
Smart Forfour crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 31 October 2024
28 m awayRef 2024440433006
Serious
Car crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 15 October 1987
32 m awayRef 1987440EL0211
Slight
Lorry crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 14 January 1986
36 m awayRef 1986440EL0013
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,119 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Carlton)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Carlton)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Carlton)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Carlton)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1994440DL0147 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the New Forest road accident statistics for 1994.