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A31 crash in the New Forest on 24 March 1995 at 14:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and an LDV 400 Series van were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 14:00 on Friday 24 March 1995. The 21-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Mar 1995
Friday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and LDV 400 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86574, longitude -1.70865, in the BH24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995440DR0038
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: LDV 400 Series

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 1995440DR0038 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 1995.