A337 crash in the New Forest on 3 August 2025 at 10:29 involving a Land Rover Discovery
A Land Rover Discovery and a car were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 10:29 on Sunday 3 August 2025. A 62-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2025
- Sunday, 10:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Discovery and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75959, longitude -1.54995, in the SO41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lymington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lymington, New Forest, SO41 9BS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025440347975
- 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
- 337
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2008.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 7 November 2008
34 m awayRef 2008440495549
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 9 February 2004
43 m awayRef 2004440DG0020
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 6 June 2004
43 m awayRef 2004440DG0118
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 4 December 2007
43 m awayRef 2007440556784
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 13 June 1996
43 m awayRef 1996440DG0136
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 25 November 2002
43 m awayRef 2002440DG0250
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2025440347975 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.