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Unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH24 on 23 May 2002 at 09:25 involving a Rover 100 Series

A Rover 100 Series crashed on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 09:25 on Thursday 23 May 2002. A 76-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 May 2002
Thursday, 09:25
Vehicles
1
Rover 100 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85108, longitude -1.77538, 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 1XX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002440DR0124
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
T or staggered junction
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 100 Series)

    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 2002440DR0124 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.