A35 crash in the New Forest on 26 August 2012 at 07:45 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A35 in the New Forest at 07:45 on Sunday 26 August 2012. The 49-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2012
- Sunday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90406, longitude -1.50071, in the SO40 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Totton South, New Forest, SO40 7EP 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
- 2012440334309
- 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
- 35
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 326
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 October 2016.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 11 October 2016
At the same spotRef 2016440384449
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 16 July 2014
2 m awayRef 2014440253252
Slight
Mercedes GLC Class crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 11 February 2021
3 m awayRef 2021440477695
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 19 August 2013
4 m awayRef 2013440312442
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 1 October 2023
4 m awayRef 2023440400493
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 9 December 2012
5 m awayRef 2012440477041
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
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 2012440334309 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.