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Serious unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH24 on 17 November 2001 at 17:04 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 17:04 on Saturday 17 November 2001. The 47-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Nov 2001
Saturday, 17:04
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83434, longitude -1.76907, in the BH24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001440DR0217
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
40 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 2001440DR0217 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.