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Marchwood & Eling, New Forest, SO40 4WY area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
161
5,243rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
203
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
9
8 in 2024

Crash severity at the SO40 4WY hotspot

34 of the 161 collisions here (21%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal42.5%
  • Serious3019%
  • Slight12779%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
33
Slightly injured
165
All casualties
203

Accidents by year at the SO40 4WY hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 14 in 2003, against an average of 6.4 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the SO40 4WY hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025910
202489
202355
202222
202168
202035
201957
201899
2017913
201644
201545
201466
201355
201233
201166
201067
200956
200889
2007711
20061113
200556
2004711
20031421
2002714
200178

Map of crashes at the SO40 4WY hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near SO40 4WY.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Marchwood & Eling, New Forest, SO40 4WY area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the SO40 4WY hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Marchwood & Eling
Council area
the New Forest
Nearest postcode to the centre
SO40 4WY
Postcode district
SO40
Centre (latitude, longitude)
50.88908, -1.45953
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
5 November 2025
Rank by collisions
5,243rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SO40 4WY hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A326, with 65 of 161, followed by the A3026 with 1.

Collisions at the SO40 4WY hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA32665100318
2ndA30261210

Towns near the SO40 4WY hotspot

62 of the 161 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Marchwood.

All 161 crashes at the SO40 4WY hotspot

Newest first, from 28 January 2001 to 5 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year