A31 crash in the New Forest on 16 February 2018 at 15:52 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 15:52 on Friday 16 February 2018. The 21-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto 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
- 16 Feb 2018
- Friday, 15:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84551, longitude -1.80153, in the BH24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Leonards & St Ives, Dorset, BH24 2AT 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
- 2018440062523
- 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
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 2008.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 14 July 2008
11 m awayRef 2008440310459
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 14 December 2017
12 m awayRef 2017440485334
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 9 March 2015
14 m awayRef 2015440081511
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 7 September 2025
16 m awayRef 2025440405606
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 5 January 2011
19 m awayRef 2011440005928
Slight
Volvo crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 29 July 1998
19 m awayRef 1998440DR0147
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018440062523 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 2018.