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Serious A338 crash in the New Forest on 6 November 1992 at 07:25 involving a Toyota Lite Ace van

A Toyota Lite Ace van and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A338 in the New Forest at 07:25 on Friday 6 November 1992. The 40-year-old male driver of the Toyota Lite Ace van was seriously injured and a 48-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Nov 1992
Friday, 07:25
Vehicles
2
Toyota Lite Ace and Ford Transit
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93641, longitude -1.78577, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992440DF0088
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
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 February 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Lite Ace

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,486 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Lite Ace)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

    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 1992440DF0088 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 1992.