Unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH23 on 3 August 2002 at 19:20 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a Ducati motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 19:20 on Saturday 3 August 2002. The 40-year-old female driver of the Renault Laguna and the 41-year-old male rider of the Ducati motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2002
- Saturday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Ducati
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77566, longitude -1.74468, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002440DR0179
- 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
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2005.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 10 May 2005
10 m awayRef 2005440497515
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 10 July 2006
10 m awayRef 2006440262382
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in the New Forest, 17 June 1989
10 m awayRef 1989440DR0132
Serious
Suzuki SV 650 crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 19 October 2002
10 m awayRef 2002440DR0252
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in the New Forest, 2 November 1986
14 m awayRef 1986440DR0231
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the New Forest, 21 January 1982
20 m awayRef 1982440DR0014
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ducati
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 916 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Ducati)
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 2002440DR0179 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.