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Serious unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH24 on 27 July 2001 at 17:15 involving a Renault Megane

A Renault Megane and an Aprilia motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 17:15 on Friday 27 July 2001. The 18-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jul 2001
Friday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Renault Megane and Aprilia
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85621, longitude -1.77834, in the BH24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ringwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ringwood North & Ellingham, New Forest, BH24 3PB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001440DR0144
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Aprilia

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia)

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 2001440DR0144 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.