C road crash in the New Forest BH24 on 18 November 1987 at 10:45 involving a van
A van and a lorry were involved in a crash on a C road in the New Forest at 10:45 on Wednesday 18 November 1987. The 26-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Nov 1987
- Wednesday, 10:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83762, longitude -1.71734, in the BH24 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1987440DR0231
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Dislodged vehicle load in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2003.
Slight
Chrysler Voyager crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 30 April 2003
20 m awayRef 2003440DR0099
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the New Forest, 19 January 1989
20 m awayRef 1989440DR0018
Serious
Ford Escort crash on a C road in the New Forest, 26 February 1995
85 m awayRef 1995440DR0027
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 24 March 2017
87 m awayRef 2017440110477
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on a C road in the New Forest, 12 July 1999
95 m awayRef 1999440DR0130
Slight
Renault Clio crash on a C road in the New Forest, 10 November 1995
102 m awayRef 1995440DR0183
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
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 1987440DR0231 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.