Unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH24 on 31 December 2019 at 17:08 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Volkswagen Beetle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 17:08 on Tuesday 31 December 2019. The 45-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2019
- Tuesday, 17:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Volkswagen Beetle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8556, longitude -1.75532, 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
- 2019440468027
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 124 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 2009.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 25 September 2009
124 m awayRef 2009440418218
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 1 September 1986
131 m awayRef 1986440DR0182
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 23 December 2008
141 m awayRef 2008440567013
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 1 November 1985
210 m awayRef 1985440DR0242
Slight
Honda CRV crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 22 February 2016
242 m awayRef 2016440075730
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 29 May 2005
246 m awayRef 2005440521208
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Beetle
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2019440468027 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.