A31 crash in the New Forest on 11 June 2006 at 13:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Five vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astra and a Daewoo Lanos, were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 13:30 on Sunday 11 June 2006. A 39-year-old female passenger in the Honda Accord, a 20-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 306 and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 306 were 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
- 11 Jun 2006
- Sunday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 5
- Vauxhall Astra and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88196, longitude -1.67743, in the SO43 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lyndhurst & Minstead, New Forest, SO43 7GQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006440219265
- 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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 2015.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 27 January 2015
17 m awayRef 2015440029768
Serious
Lorry crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 20 October 1986
22 m awayRef 1986440EL0191
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 3 March 2001
22 m awayRef 2001440DR0040
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 22 June 1990
28 m awayRef 1990440DR0114
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 13 March 2022
56 m awayRef 2022440100451
Serious
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 1 August 2018
67 m awayRef 2018440291081
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Daewoo Lanos
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 4: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 5: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Honda Accord)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Peugeot 306)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Peugeot 306)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2006440219265 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 2006.