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Fatal unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH23 on 26 February 1989 at 08:25 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 08:25 on Sunday 26 February 1989. The 38-year-old female driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Feb 1989
Sunday, 08:25
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78593, longitude -1.72758, in the BH23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bransgore.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989440DR0044
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,725 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 38, 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 1989440DR0044 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 1989.