A338 crash in the New Forest on 20 May 1981 at 17:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A338 in the New Forest at 17:00 on Wednesday 20 May 1981. A 19-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 1981
- Wednesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90367, longitude -1.78094, in the SP6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1981440DF0043
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 338
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2012.
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 7 September 2012
30 m awayRef 2012440350670
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 18 February 2025
40 m awayRef 2025440074801
Slight
Car crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 20 November 1986
40 m awayRef 1986440DF0086
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 18 January 1991
40 m awayRef 1991440DF0005
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 15 January 1997
41 m awayRef 1997440DF0007
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 24 February 2017
44 m awayRef 2017440071791
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, 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 1981440DF0043 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 1981.