A31 crash in the New Forest on 4 February 2016 at 08:00 involving a Dacia Sandero
A Dacia Sandero and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 08:00 on Thursday 4 February 2016. The 53-year-old male driver of the Dacia Sandero was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Feb 2016
- Thursday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dacia Sandero and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88123, longitude -1.68014, in the SO43 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lyndhurst & Minstead, New Forest, SO43 7GQ 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
- 2016440052589
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 2016.
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 8 August 2016
4 m awayRef 2016440296487
Slight
Mitsubishi L200 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 7 May 2014
4 m awayRef 2014440160195
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 11 April 2008
21 m awayRef 2008440154698
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 19 July 2004
34 m awayRef 2004440DR0178
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 9 June 2008
35 m awayRef 2008440251404
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 16 December 2004
55 m awayRef 2004440DR0314
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dacia Sandero
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dacia Sandero)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
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 2016440052589 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 2016.