B3347 crash in the New Forest on 22 March 2001 at 21:07 involving a Mitsubishi
A Mitsubishi and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B3347 in the New Forest at 21:07 on Thursday 22 March 2001. The 18-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Mar 2001
- Thursday, 21:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84724, longitude -1.79059, in the BH24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ringwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ringwood South, New Forest, BH24 1JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001440DR0055
- 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
- 3347
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 1990.
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 4 February 1990
At the same spotRef 1990440DR0025
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 25 January 1999
At the same spotRef 1999440DR0018
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 18 April 2025
6 m awayRef 2025440168873
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 9 February 2011
10 m awayRef 2011440059164
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 29 January 2005
10 m awayRef 2005445DR0020
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 28 May 1986
10 m awayRef 1986440DR0100
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,477 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2001440DR0055 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 2001.