A338 crash in the New Forest on 27 December 1996 at 08:24 involving a Honda Integra
A Honda Integra and a Subaru Subaru were involved in a crash on the A338 in the New Forest at 08:24 on Friday 27 December 1996. The 44-year-old male driver of the Subaru Subaru was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 1996
- Friday, 08:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Integra and Subaru Subaru
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93929, longitude -1.78447, in the SP6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1996440DF0126
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 338
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 September 1988.
Serious
Van crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 3 September 1988
22 m awayRef 1988440DF0090
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 19 October 1996
28 m awayRef 1996440DF0084
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 26 October 2005
41 m awayRef 2005440739252
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 22 February 2018
45 m awayRef 2018440070629
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 11 January 2022
47 m awayRef 2022440012449
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 1 February 2004
51 m awayRef 2004440DF0019
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Integra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Subaru Subaru
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Subaru)
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 1996440DF0126 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.