A31 crash in the New Forest on 30 April 2018 at 17:51 involving a Renault Scenic
A Renault Scenic and a car were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 17:51 on Monday 30 April 2018. The 32-year-old male driver of the car 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
- 30 Apr 2018
- Monday, 17:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Scenic and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85074, longitude -1.75195, 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
- 2018440159429
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 2012.
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 10 January 2012
4 m awayRef 2012440014700
Slight
HGV crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 25 January 2010
8 m awayRef 2010440031773
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 8 April 1993
8 m awayRef 1993440DR0062
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 28 September 1997
11 m awayRef 1997440DR0169
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 6 November 2000
11 m awayRef 2000440DR0247
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 2 May 2005
22 m awayRef 2005440483071
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- 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
- 32 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018440159429 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.