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A337 crash in the New Forest on 22 December 1998 at 09:10 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A car, a Vauxhall Nova and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 09:10 on Tuesday 22 December 1998. The 20-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 09:10
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Nova and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87838, longitude -1.57752, in the SO43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lyndhurst.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440DL0345
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 January 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1998440DL0345 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.