A31 crash in the New Forest on 2 May 2012 at 07:49 involving a Citroen Berlingo van
A Citroen Berlingo van crashed on the A31 in the New Forest at 07:49 on Wednesday 2 May 2012. The 26-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2012
- Wednesday, 07:49
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen Berlingo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86691, longitude -1.70541, in the BH24 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440166655
- 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
- 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, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 April 2016.
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 10 April 2016
19 m awayRef 2016440136509
Serious
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 1 July 1987
25 m awayRef 1987440DR0116
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 16 September 1988
33 m awayRef 1988440DR0162
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 22 July 1989
40 m awayRef 1989440DR0160
Slight
Skoda Rapid crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 7 February 2016
50 m awayRef 2016440057679
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 19 December 2004
56 m awayRef 2004440DR0317
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)
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 2012440166655 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 2012.