A326 crash in the New Forest on 26 December 2016 at 10:10 involving a Volkswagen Transporter van
A Volkswagen Transporter van and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A326 in the New Forest at 10:10 on Monday 26 December 2016. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2016
- Monday, 10:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Transporter and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84216, longitude -1.39245, in the SO45 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hardley, Holbury & North Blackfield, New Forest, SO45 3AE 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
- 2016440485261
- 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
- 326
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 November 2016.
Serious
Kia Rio crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 25 November 2016
3 m awayRef 2016440445122
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 8 January 2020
4 m awayRef 2020440009183
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 14 September 2015
4 m awayRef 2015440318631
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 2 May 2025
4 m awayRef 2025440190373
Slight
Lorry crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 17 May 1988
6 m awayRef 1988440EH0125
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 26 February 2021
8 m awayRef 2021440072826
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,460 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016440485261 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.