C road crash in the New Forest SO41 on 2 November 1979 at 11:10 involving a van
A van hit a pedestrian on a C road in the New Forest at 11:10 on Friday 2 November 1979. A 17-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Nov 1979
- Friday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77291, longitude -1.63264, in the SO41 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1979440DW0125
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 8 October 1985
20 m awayRef 1985440DW0229
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 8 April 2000
22 m awayRef 2000440DW0092
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 6 June 1985
30 m awayRef 1985440DW0107
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 17 June 1997
30 m awayRef 1997440DW0154
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 29 October 2001
30 m awayRef 2001440DW0299
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 23 October 1996
30 m awayRef 1996440DW0243
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
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 1979440DW0125 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.