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Fatal B3058 crash in the New Forest on 27 December 1979 at 14:35 involving a car

A car crashed on the B3058 in the New Forest at 14:35 on Thursday 27 December 1979. A 16-year-old female passenger, a 17-year-old female passenger and a 20-year-old male passenger were killed and one other person was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Dec 1979
Thursday, 14:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
4
3 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73332, longitude -1.62728, in the SO41 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979440DA0218
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3058
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1979440DA0218 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 1979.