M27 crash in the New Forest on 18 September 2025 at 17:30 involving an Audi TT
An Audi TT and a Land Rover Range Rover Sport were involved in a crash on the M27 in the New Forest at 17:30 on Thursday 18 September 2025. The 52-year-old female driver of the Audi TT was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Sep 2025
- Thursday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi TT and Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92039, longitude -1.59061, in the SO40 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh, New Forest, SO40 2NQ 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
- 2025440423482
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3079
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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- 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 3 January 2018.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 3 January 2018
1 m awayRef 2018440003457
Serious
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 11 February 2015
1 m awayRef 2015440049688
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 1 July 2012
4 m awayRef 2012440253294
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 27 November 1994
8 m awayRef 1994440DL0213
Slight
Opel crash on the B3079 in the New Forest, 10 July 2013
11 m awayRef 2013440253056
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M27 in the New Forest, 20 February 2008
14 m awayRef 2008440075813
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi TT)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 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 2025440423482 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.