A338 crash in the New Forest on 20 January 1987 at 12:20 involving a car
Two cars and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A338 in the New Forest at 12:20 on Tuesday 20 January 1987. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 50-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jan 1987
- Tuesday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90862, longitude -1.78319, 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
- 1987440DF0009
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 July 1985.
Serious
Lorry crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 5 July 1985
10 m awayRef 1985440DF0054
Fatal
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 5 October 2014
13 m awayRef 2014440359975
Slight
MG ZS crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 28 October 2025
18 m awayRef 2025440487487
Slight
Car crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 22 July 1985
20 m awayRef 1985440DF0065
Slight
Car crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 6 February 2003
20 m awayRef 2003440DF0017
Slight
Car crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 28 September 1991
22 m awayRef 1991440DF0093
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 1987440DF0009 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 1987.