B3056 crash in the New Forest on 7 July 1996 at 10:30 involving a Honda motorcycle
A Honda motorcycle crashed on the B3056 in the New Forest at 10:30 on Sunday 7 July 1996. The 70-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jul 1996
- Sunday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8215, longitude -1.4575, in the SO42 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1996440DH0144
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3056
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 2001.
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B3056 in the New Forest, 24 June 2001
40 m awayRef 2001440DH0166
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3056 in the New Forest, 30 October 1983
51 m awayRef 1983440EH0306
Slight
Car crash on the B3056 in the New Forest, 6 April 1984
61 m awayRef 1984440EH0081
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the B3056 in the New Forest, 9 October 2018
80 m awayRef 2018440380586
Serious
Volvo S90 crash on the B3056 in the New Forest, 15 March 2025
85 m awayRef 2025440114175
Slight
Car crash on the B3056 in the New Forest, 30 August 1984
90 m awayRef 1984440EH0228
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 249 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 70, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda)
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 1996440DH0144 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.