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A326 crash in the New Forest on 3 October 2024 at 14:10 involving a MAN lorry

A MAN lorry hit a pedestrian on the A326 in the New Forest at 14:10 on Thursday 3 October 2024. A 62-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 2024
Thursday, 14:10
Vehicles
1
MAN
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91208, longitude -1.49197, in the SO40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Totton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marchwood & Eling, New Forest, SO40 9NE 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
2024440429445
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
326
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 September 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MAN

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North 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
    67 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Over 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (MAN)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2024440429445 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 2024.