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B3055 crash in the New Forest on 10 January 1998 at 16:55 involving a Citroen C15 van

A Citroen C15 van and a Leyland DAF FT 75 lorry were involved in a crash on the B3055 in the New Forest at 16:55 on Saturday 10 January 1998. The 31-year-old male driver of the Citroen C15 van and the 37-year-old male driver of the Leyland DAF FT 75 lorry were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jan 1998
Saturday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Citroen C15 and Leyland DAF FT 75
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76768, longitude -1.6592, in the BH25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440DW0008
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3055
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C15

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland DAF FT 75

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C15)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Leyland DAF FT 75)

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 1998440DW0008 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.