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Fatal C road crash in the New Forest SP6 on 15 December 1987 at 11:00 involving a car

A car crashed on a C road in the New Forest at 11:00 on Tuesday 15 December 1987. The 82-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Dec 1987
Tuesday, 11:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92877, longitude -1.78822, in the SP6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fordingbridge.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987440DF0145
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    82 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1987440DF0145 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.