B3055 crash in the New Forest on 19 July 2000 at 17:37 involving a Peugeot 305
A Peugeot 305 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B3055 in the New Forest at 17:37 on Wednesday 19 July 2000. The 67-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 58-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jul 2000
- Wednesday, 17:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 305 and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81387, longitude -1.47492, in the SO42 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000440DH0207
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3055
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2019.
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B3054 in the New Forest, 19 July 2019
27 m awayRef 2019440252950
Slight
Lexus NX 450 crash on the B3054 in the New Forest, 30 May 2025
31 m awayRef 2025440236076
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B3054 in the New Forest, 4 July 2013
35 m awayRef 2013440244218
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B3054 in the New Forest, 4 November 1998
45 m awayRef 1998440DH0312
Serious
Car crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 9 May 1983
51 m awayRef 1983440EH0125
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3054 in the New Forest, 30 June 1991
61 m awayRef 1991440DG0124
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 305
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2000440DH0207 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 2000.