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Unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH24 on 31 December 1979 at 11:10 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 11:10 on Monday 31 December 1979. The 51-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1979
Monday, 11:10
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84615, longitude -1.79683, in the BH24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ringwood.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979440DR0233
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 May 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1979440DR0233 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.