A36 crash in the New Forest on 17 January 2015 at 10:25 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A36 in the New Forest at 10:25 on Saturday 17 January 2015. The 28-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane, the 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo and a 29-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2015
- Saturday, 10:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91859, longitude -1.48242, in the SO40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Totton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marchwood & Eling, New Forest, SO40 9NE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440018088
- 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
- 36
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 2016.
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 27 September 2016
2 m awayRef 2016440365241
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 17 January 2022
5 m awayRef 2022440021729
Serious
Kia Rio crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 24 August 2021
7 m awayRef 2021440338243
Slight
Honda CBR125R crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 12 November 2005
10 m awayRef 2005440766913
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 20 November 1991
10 m awayRef 1991440ET0182
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 10 February 2013
11 m awayRef 2013440053022
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2015440018088 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 2015.