A31 crash in the New Forest on 13 April 2022 at 15:35 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry and a Ford S-Max were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 15:35 on Wednesday 13 April 2022. The 56-year-old female driver of the Ford S-Max 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
- 13 Apr 2022
- Wednesday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- DAF Trucks and Ford S-Max
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85385, longitude -1.73104, in the BH24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ringwood North & Ellingham, New Forest, BH24 3HL 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
- 2022440145395
- 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, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 October 2018.
Serious
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 1 October 2018
8 m awayRef 2018440369370
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 17 July 2006
9 m awayRef 2006440271659
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 5 July 2009
21 m awayRef 2009440290721
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 3 August 2007
23 m awayRef 2007440367046
Slight
Audi Q5 crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 18 December 2025
24 m awayRef 2025440568513
Slight
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 28 September 2006
32 m awayRef 2006440386526
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,902 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford S-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford S-Max)
- 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 2022440145395 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.