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Serious unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH23 on 15 February 2002 at 15:30 involving a Porsche 911

A Porsche 911 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 15:30 on Friday 15 February 2002. A 9-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 2002
Friday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Porsche 911
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7814, longitude -1.73756, in the BH23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bransgore. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East, New Forest, BH23 8BW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002440DR0040
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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 24 March 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Porsche 911

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    3,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Porsche 911)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2002440DR0040 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.