B3347 crash in the New Forest on 9 June 1998 at 07:50 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra crashed on the B3347 in the New Forest at 07:50 on Tuesday 9 June 1998. The 32-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jun 1998
- Tuesday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81772, longitude -1.78972, 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
- 1998440DR0103
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3347
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 1998.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 13 June 1998
40 m awayRef 1998440DR0109
Serious
Car crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 26 April 1989
41 m awayRef 1989440DR0085
Slight
Minibus crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 29 November 1985
54 m awayRef 1985440DR0267
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 7 May 1993
61 m awayRef 1993440DR0082
Slight
Car crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 13 December 1984
63 m awayRef 1984440DR0262
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 3 September 1997
70 m awayRef 1997440DR0150
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 1998440DR0103 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.