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A338 crash in the New Forest on 2 November 1992 at 18:18 involving an FSO Cars 125

An FSO Cars 125 and a car were involved in a crash on the A338 in the New Forest at 18:18 on Monday 2 November 1992. A 19-year-old female passenger in the car and the 78-year-old male driver of the FSO Cars 125 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 1992
Monday, 18:18
Vehicles
2
FSO Cars 125 and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85671, longitude -1.76923, in the BH24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ringwood.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992440DR0167
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: FSO Cars 125

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (FSO Cars 125)

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 1992440DR0167 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.