A337 crash in the New Forest on 7 March 2014 at 19:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a BMW 3 Series and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 19:00 on Friday 7 March 2014. The 45-year-old male driver of the Kia Sportage was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Mar 2014
- Friday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74366, longitude -1.58862, in the SO41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Everton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Milford & Hordle, New Forest, SO41 0EX 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
- 2014440081085
- 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
- 337
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- B
- Second road number
- 3058
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2017.
Slight
Scania crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 3 October 2017
1 m awayRef 2017440382928
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 25 November 2024
3 m awayRef 2024440513633
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 5 December 2012
3 m awayRef 2012440470042
Slight
Datsun Sunny crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 17 October 1994
4 m awayRef 1994440DW0221
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 30 June 2005
4 m awayRef 2005440564665
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 28 November 2006
4 m awayRef 2006440487778
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Kia Sportage
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
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Kia Sportage)
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 2014440081085 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 2014.