A31 crash in the New Forest on 16 November 2025 at 17:23 involving a Citroen C3
A Citroen C3 and a Renault Scenic were involved in a crash on the A31 in the New Forest at 17:23 on Sunday 16 November 2025. The 55-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2025
- Sunday, 17:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C3 and Renault Scenic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90594, longitude -1.62901, in the SO43 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025440518734
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 February 2024.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 9 February 2024
3 m awayRef 2024440060062
Slight
Mercedes AMG Class crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 25 October 2024
6 m awayRef 2024440464871
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 8 March 2014
14 m awayRef 2014440082408
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 17 May 2004
19 m awayRef 2004440DR0117
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 10 April 1989
19 m awayRef 1989440EL0075
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 8 December 1989
19 m awayRef 1989440EL0284
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 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 2025440518734 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.