Road crashes in New Forest

11,700 recorded collisions since 2000.

New Forest has recorded 11,700 road collisions since 2000, 209 of them fatal and 2,262 causing serious injury. That makes it the 106th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 21% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 17.9 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 52% since 2000, from 677 to 327 in 2024. The A337 is the most affected road locally, with 1,097 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.