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Serious B3055 crash in the New Forest on 29 December 1995 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra, a Peugeot 405 and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the B3055 in the New Forest at 18:00 on Friday 29 December 1995. The 55-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 405 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 1995
Friday, 18:00
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77332, longitude -1.62186, in the SO41 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995440DW0262
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3055
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 2000.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

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 1995440DW0262 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.