A31 crash in the New Forest on 10 February 2015 at 06:40 involving a Jaguar XF Series
A Jaguar XF Series and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 06:40 on Tuesday 10 February 2015. The 51-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Feb 2015
- Tuesday, 06:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jaguar XF Series and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86453, longitude -1.71131, in the BH24 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440047208
- 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
- 31
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, no street lighting
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 24 December 2013
2 m awayRef 2013440481655
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 5 April 1993
14 m awayRef 1993440DR0060
Serious
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 9 January 1988
19 m awayRef 1988440DR0004
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 28 August 2004
33 m awayRef 2004440DR0220
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 3 October 1995
38 m awayRef 1995440DR0155
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 19 May 2006
67 m awayRef 2006440188407
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XF Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2015440047208 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.