A36 crash in the New Forest on 5 December 2019 at 15:01 involving a Suzuki SX4
A Suzuki SX4 and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A36 in the New Forest at 15:01 on Thursday 5 December 2019. The 43-year-old female driver of the Suzuki SX4 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
- 5 Dec 2019
- Thursday, 15:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki SX4 and Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95415, longitude -1.53544, in the SO51 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh, New Forest, SO51 6AF 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
- 2019440437582
- 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
- 36
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3090
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 2016.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 16 September 2016
2 m awayRef 2016440350327
Slight
MAN crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 16 April 2012
4 m awayRef 2012440147939
Slight
Kia Niro crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 18 July 2022
4 m awayRef 2022440288661
Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 18 September 2019
4 m awayRef 2019440333478
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 3 December 2023
5 m awayRef 2023440493956
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A36 in the New Forest, 26 October 1997
6 m awayRef 1997440DT0245
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SX4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki SX4)
- 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 2019440437582 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 2019.