A31 crash in the New Forest on 16 May 2011 at 15:30 involving a Honda CRV
A Honda CRV and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 15:30 on Monday 16 May 2011. The 52-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 May 2011
- Monday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CRV and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84555, longitude -1.80069, in the BH24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ringwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Leonards & St Ives, Dorset, BH24 2AT 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
- 2011440228639
- 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
- 31
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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 serious injury crash on 26 March 2012.
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 26 March 2012
10 m awayRef 2012440120231
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 7 August 2025
10 m awayRef 2025440354882
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 7 April 2025
10 m awayRef 2025440151431
Serious
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 31 July 2018
11 m awayRef 2018440288859
Slight
Volvo crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 12 May 1997
22 m awayRef 1997440DR0076
Fatal
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 21 July 1989
22 m awayRef 1989440DR0158
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Lane or location
- Cycleway or shared use footway (not part of main carriageway)
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 52, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2011440228639 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 2011.