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A31 crash in the New Forest on 7 August 2025 at 13:05 involving a BMW M3 lorry

A BMW M3 lorry and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 13:05 on Thursday 7 August 2025. The 37-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Aug 2025
Thursday, 13:05
Vehicles
2
BMW M3 and Citroen C3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84569, longitude -1.80061, in the BH24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ringwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Leonards & St Ives, Dorset, BH24 2AT 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
2025440354882
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
Other 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
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 March 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW M3

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 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 2025440354882 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.