A354 crash in the New Forest on 26 January 2001 at 08:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A354 in the New Forest at 08:30 on Friday 26 January 2001. The 21-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 2001
- Friday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98877, longitude -1.92859, in the SP6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001440DR0012
- 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
- 354
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 June 2024.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A354 in the New Forest, 29 June 2024
5 m awayRef 2024440274705
Serious
Renault Captur crash on the A354 in the New Forest, 28 February 2025
6 m awayRef 2025440091125
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A354 in the New Forest, 8 December 2014
6 m awayRef 2014440437913
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A354 in the New Forest, 20 November 2003
10 m awayRef 2003440DF0123
Serious
Car crash on the A354 in the New Forest, 6 May 1988
14 m awayRef 1988440DF0045
Slight
BMW X2 crash on the A354 in the New Forest, 3 May 2022
14 m awayRef 2022440172614
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2001440DR0012 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 2001.