A326 crash in the New Forest on 17 December 2013 at 14:35 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Ford Transit lorry were involved in a crash on the A326 in the New Forest at 14:35 on Tuesday 17 December 2013. The 34-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2013
- Tuesday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86703, longitude -1.43826, in the SO45 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge, New Forest, SO45 5TL 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
- 2013440472871
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Carriageway hazards
- Pedestrian in carriageway, not injured
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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2015.
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 26 May 2015
12 m awayRef 2015440176987
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 24 October 2002
13 m awayRef 2002440DH0266
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 8 February 2005
13 m awayRef 2005445DH0041
Serious
LDV 400 Series crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 3 November 2005
13 m awayRef 2005440751485
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 5 April 2024
17 m awayRef 2024440143626
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 18 November 2014
21 m awayRef 2014440413879
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
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 2013440472871 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.