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A35 crash in the New Forest on 12 July 2006 at 22:51 involving a Mercedes E Class

A Mercedes E Class and an MCC Smart were involved in a crash on the A35 in the New Forest at 22:51 on Wednesday 12 July 2006. A 67-year-old female passenger in the MCC Smart and the 69-year-old male driver of the MCC Smart were slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jul 2006
Wednesday, 22:51
Vehicles
2
Mercedes E Class and MCC Smart
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86698, longitude -1.57522, in the SO43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lyndhurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lyndhurst & Minstead, New Forest, SO43 7EW 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
2006440265889
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
35
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
337

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 February 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    4,266 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: MCC Smart

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MCC Smart)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MCC Smart)

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 2006440265889 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.