B3078 crash in the New Forest on 28 May 2002 at 15:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the B3078 in the New Forest at 15:30 on Tuesday 28 May 2002. The 23-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a muddy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 May 2002
- Tuesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96536, longitude -1.88747, in the SP6 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002440DF0039
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3078
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Mud
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 June 2008.
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bridge (side)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2002440DF0039 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 2002.