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A31 crash in the New Forest on 18 May 2000 at 06:05 involving a Toyota Carina taxi

A lorry and a Toyota Carina taxi were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 06:05 on Thursday 18 May 2000. The 48-year-old male driver of the Toyota Carina taxi and a 56-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Carina taxi were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 May 2000
Thursday, 06:05
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Toyota Carina
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87839, longitude -1.68655, in the SO43 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000440DR0097
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2000440DR0097 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 2000.