A337 crash in the New Forest on 21 February 1995 at 12:40 involving a Proton Proton
A Proton Proton, a Renault 19 and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 12:40 on Tuesday 21 February 1995. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 1995
- Tuesday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Proton Proton and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74412, longitude -1.57759, in the SO41 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1995440DW0035
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 337
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 27 January 1984
10 m awayRef 1984440DW0026
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 1 October 2010
14 m awayRef 2010440417761
Serious
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 31 May 1986
20 m awayRef 1986440DW0125
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 21 November 1989
22 m awayRef 1989440DG0244
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 8 May 2010
30 m awayRef 2010440186574
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 13 December 1995
32 m awayRef 1995440DG0261
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Proton Proton
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,468 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault 19
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- 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 1995440DW0035 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 1995.