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Unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH24 on 9 January 1997 at 08:05 involving a Nissan Cherry

A Nissan Cherry, a Ford Fiesta and a Renault 11 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 08:05 on Thursday 9 January 1997. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jan 1997
Thursday, 08:05
Vehicles
3
Nissan Cherry and 2 others
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87794, longitude -1.82853, in the BH24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440DF0008
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 October 2018.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Renault 11

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault 11)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault 11)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault 11)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1997440DF0008 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 1997.