B3347 crash in the New Forest on 18 November 1993 at 19:55 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort crashed on the B3347 in the New Forest at 19:55 on Thursday 18 November 1993. The 32-year-old male driver was 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
- 18 Nov 1993
- Thursday, 19:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79183, longitude -1.79551, in the BH23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993440DR0196
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3347
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 December 2021.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 7 December 2021
3 m awayRef 2021440491318
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 15 May 2017
15 m awayRef 2017440182977
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 18 January 2004
22 m awayRef 2004440DR0016
Fatal
BMW X5 crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 18 November 2004
22 m awayRef 2004440DR0285
Slight
Car crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 31 July 1981
41 m awayRef 1981440DR0135
Slight
Car crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 4 October 1980
41 m awayRef 1980440DR0183
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 1993440DR0196 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 1993.