Unclassified road crash in the New Forest SO41 on 26 June 2007 at 12:45 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia, a Rover 200 Series and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 12:45 on Tuesday 26 June 2007. The 40-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jun 2007
- Tuesday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Skoda Octavia and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76235, longitude -1.6136, in the SO41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Milford & Hordle, New Forest, SO41 0AG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007440295280
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 1996.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 27 December 1996
14 m awayRef 1996440DW0318
Slight
Rover Metro crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 5 April 1996
32 m awayRef 1996440DW0071
Fatal
Peugeot 205 crash on a C road in the New Forest, 14 January 2000
50 m awayRef 2000440DW0011
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 27 August 1986
63 m awayRef 1986440DG0156
Serious
Suzuki Celerio crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 4 October 2025
76 m awayRef 2025440449671
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 6 July 1989
151 m awayRef 1989440DW0147
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 2007440295280 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.