A31 crash in the New Forest on 22 May 2009 at 14:30 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 14:30 on Friday 22 May 2009. The 60-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and a 29-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio 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
- 22 May 2009
- Friday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88036, longitude -1.6827, 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
- 2009440220183
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2009.
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 17 January 2009
14 m awayRef 2009440022746
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 6 April 2003
22 m awayRef 2003440DR0081
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 1 February 2014
25 m awayRef 2014440037926
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 14 April 2015
36 m awayRef 2015440124584
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 9 September 2012
45 m awayRef 2012440354146
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 27 April 1998
45 m awayRef 1998440DR0072
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2009440220183 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 2009.