A337 crash in the New Forest on 5 October 1998 at 14:05 involving a Rover Metro
A Rover Metro and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 14:05 on Monday 5 October 1998. The 48-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Oct 1998
- Monday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover Metro and Citroen AX
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77253, longitude -1.55195, in the SO41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lymington.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998440DG0215
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 337
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 1985.
Slight
Bus crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 18 September 1985
At the same spotRef 1985440DG0154
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 23 October 1985
At the same spotRef 1985440DG0189
Serious
Rover 25 crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 7 February 2005
At the same spotRef 2005445DG0026
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 19 June 2010
At the same spotRef 2010440252751
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 16 June 2025
4 m awayRef 2025440264213
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 13 March 1990
10 m awayRef 1990440DG0054
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)
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 1998440DG0215 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 1998.