A31 crash in the New Forest on 2 April 2022 at 10:20 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, a Vauxhall Corsa and an Audi Q5 were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 10:20 on Saturday 2 April 2022. The 24-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series 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
- 2 Apr 2022
- Saturday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91181, longitude -1.60353, 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
- 2022440129440
- 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, 24 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 January 2023.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 16 January 2023
24 m awayRef 2023440021131
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 11 January 2013
26 m awayRef 2013440014426
Serious
MAN crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 22 July 1997
30 m awayRef 1997440DL0171
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 18 December 1997
30 m awayRef 1997440DL0302
Serious
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 15 December 1989
38 m awayRef 1989440EL0290
Serious
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 25 August 1984
38 m awayRef 1984440EL0173
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi Q5
Car
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2022440129440 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 2022.