A31 crash in the New Forest on 14 August 2015 at 13:00 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 13:00 on Friday 14 August 2015. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 2015
- Friday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85345, longitude -1.73145, in the BH24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ringwood North & Ellingham, New Forest, BH24 3HL 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
- 2015440281101
- 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 February 2008.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 23 February 2008
3 m awayRef 2008440081441
Slight
Austin Morris Maxi crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 27 July 1990
3 m awayRef 1990440DR0152
Slight
Scania crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 12 May 2004
3 m awayRef 2004440DR0114
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 6 October 1989
3 m awayRef 1989440DR0211
Slight
Mazda 121 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 16 August 2009
16 m awayRef 2009440357626
Serious
BMW X5 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 7 August 2014
21 m awayRef 2014440284016
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2015440281101 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.