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Serious A326 crash in the New Forest on 11 February 2013 at 14:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the A326 in the New Forest at 14:05 on Monday 11 February 2013. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Feb 2013
Monday, 14:05
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
5
1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90392, longitude -1.50273, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013440054263
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
326
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
35

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
90%
Estimated chance it was slight
10%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2013440054263 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 2013.