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Unclassified road crash in the New Forest SO40 on 13 November 2025 at 12:53 involving a BMW 8 Series

A BMW 8 Series and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 12:53 on Thursday 13 November 2025. The 60-year-old male driver of the Skoda Fabia and a 55-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Fabia were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Nov 2025
Thursday, 12:53
Vehicles
2
BMW 8 Series and Skoda Fabia
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90538, longitude -1.4848, in the SO40 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marchwood & Eling, New Forest, SO40 9FX 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
2025440513623
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
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, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 8 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 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 2025440513623 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.