A31 crash in the New Forest on 19 December 2004 at 15:59 involving a BMW 7 Series
A BMW 7 Series crashed on the A31 in the New Forest at 15:59 on Sunday 19 December 2004. The 57-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2004
- Sunday, 15:59
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW 7 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86666, longitude -1.7061, 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
- 2004440DR0317
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 2016.
Slight
Skoda Rapid crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 7 February 2016
5 m awayRef 2016440057679
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 2 June 2013
10 m awayRef 2013440199780
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 22 July 1989
20 m awayRef 1989440DR0160
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 16 September 1988
22 m awayRef 1988440DR0162
Fatal
Suzuki crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 22 January 2014
43 m awayRef 2014440026201
Serious
MG TF crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 21 November 2016
46 m awayRef 2016440442198
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW 7 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 7 Series)
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 2004440DR0317 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 2004.