B3053 crash in the New Forest on 15 July 2025 at 15:24 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza and a Mini One were involved in a crash on the B3053 in the New Forest at 15:24 on Tuesday 15 July 2025. The 23-year-old female driver of the Seat Ibiza, a 29-year-old female passenger in the Seat Ibiza and the 60-year-old female driver of the Mini One were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jul 2025
- Tuesday, 15:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Ibiza and Mini One
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82523, longitude -1.36062, in the SO45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Holbury.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025440315344
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3053
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2010.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the B3053 in the New Forest, 2 February 2010
1 m awayRef 2010440044336
Slight
Car crash on the B3053 in the New Forest, 26 March 2006
1 m awayRef 2006440113823
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3053 in the New Forest, 9 December 1998
1 m awayRef 1998440DH0358
Serious
Car crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 11 June 1987
1 m awayRef 1987440EH0131
Serious
Chevrolet Kalos crash on the B3053 in the New Forest, 1 December 2006
1 m awayRef 2006440492280
Serious
Suzuki GZ 125 crash on the B3053 in the New Forest, 1 December 2022
4 m awayRef 2022440486509
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini One)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025440315344 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 2025.