A35 crash in the New Forest on 30 July 2010 at 19:19 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Toyota Hilux were involved in a crash on the A35 in the New Forest at 19:19 on Friday 30 July 2010. The 41-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jul 2010
- Friday, 19:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Toyota Hilux
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89338, longitude -1.52009, in the SO40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh, New Forest, SO40 7FF 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
- 2010440321324
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 April 2012.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 10 April 2012
3 m awayRef 2012440140607
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 3 July 2016
18 m awayRef 2016440246979
Slight
Ford crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 24 December 1990
45 m awayRef 1990440EL0284
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 8 November 2023
49 m awayRef 2023440457342
Slight
Car crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 30 January 1988
50 m awayRef 1988440EL0029
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 27 May 1995
50 m awayRef 1995440DL0082
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
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Hilux
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
- Engine capacity
- 2,779 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, 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 2010440321324 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.