A36 crash in the New Forest on 6 March 2007 at 15:07 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane crashed on the A36 in the New Forest at 15:07 on Tuesday 6 March 2007. The 32-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
- 6 Mar 2007
- Tuesday, 15:07
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94702, longitude -1.52993, in the SO51 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh, New Forest, SO51 6AF 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
- 2007440104331
- 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
- 36
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 27
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2006.
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 55LF crash on the M27 in the New Forest, 10 July 2006
10 m awayRef 2006440261678
Serious
Car crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 7 August 2024
12 m awayRef 2024440336271
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 27 May 2005
14 m awayRef 2005440519018
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 15 December 2021
19 m awayRef 2021440503501
Slight
Renault crash on the A36 in Test Valley, 22 May 1995
20 m awayRef 1995440DT0096
Slight
Leyland DAF FT 2700 crash on the M27 in the New Forest, 19 September 1994
22 m awayRef 1994440DL0168
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 2007440104331 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 2007.