A35 crash in the New Forest on 5 November 2021 at 16:49 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A35 in the New Forest at 16:49 on Friday 5 November 2021. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Nov 2021
- Friday, 16:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8612, longitude -1.60131, in the SO43 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021440444623
- 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
- 35
- 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
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
- Wet or damp
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 8 April 2015.
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 8 April 2015
4 m awayRef 2015440117299
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 18 August 2011
6 m awayRef 2011440352288
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 11 February 2025
49 m awayRef 2025440063373
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 8 October 2002
114 m awayRef 2002440DL0183
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 28 July 1990
118 m awayRef 1990440EL0163
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 16 September 2015
173 m awayRef 2015440322145
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2021440444623 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 2021.