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Serious B3078 crash in the New Forest on 19 August 1996 at 00:45 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B3078 in the New Forest at 00:45 on Monday 19 August 1996. The 50-year-old female driver of the Fiat Uno was seriously 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
Serious
Date
19 Aug 1996
Monday, 00:45
Vehicles
2
Fiat Uno and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94333, longitude -1.83911, in the SP6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996440DF0063
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3078
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
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 29 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

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 1996440DF0063 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 1996.