Unclassified road crash in the New Forest SO40 on 15 February 2010 at 16:15 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira, a Mercedes E Class and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 16:15 on Monday 15 February 2010. The 54-year-old female driver of the Mercedes E Class and a 61-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes E Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Feb 2010
- Monday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Zafira and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90551, longitude -1.47517, in the SO40 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marchwood & Eling, New Forest, SO40 9FX 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
- 2010440063887
- 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
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 May 1983.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 12 May 1983
At the same spotRef 1983440ET0075
Slight
Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 24 July 2002
At the same spotRef 2002440DT0212
Serious
Ford Escort crash on a C road in the New Forest, 20 January 2003
At the same spotRef 2003440DH0019
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 11 March 1983
At the same spotRef 1983440ET0032
Slight
Seat Leon crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 14 October 2015
6 m awayRef 2015440357113
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 8 February 2013
6 m awayRef 2013440050809
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,222 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)
- 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 2010440063887 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 2010.