Fatal A336 crash in the New Forest on 20 April 2014 at 22:30 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the A336 in the New Forest at 22:30 on Sunday 20 April 2014. A 61-year-old male pedestrian was killed.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 20 Apr 2014
- Sunday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91642, longitude -1.53565, in the SO40 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440138981
- 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
- 336
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 November 2025.
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 3 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025440497941
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A336 in the New Forest, 21 October 2002
5 m awayRef 2002440DL0200
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A336 in the New Forest, 23 June 1996
11 m awayRef 1996440DL0099
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A336 in the New Forest, 14 June 2005
21 m awayRef 2005440543052
Slight
Lorry crash on the A336 in the New Forest, 26 June 1989
21 m awayRef 1989440EL0130
Slight
Car crash on the A336 in the New Forest, 10 February 1987
21 m awayRef 1987440EL0024
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalMale, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 2014440138981 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.