B3078 crash in the New Forest on 3 September 2003 at 13:25 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a DAF Trucks FA 45LF lorry were involved in a crash on the B3078 in the New Forest at 13:25 on Wednesday 3 September 2003. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Sep 2003
- Wednesday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and DAF Trucks FA 45LF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92736, longitude -1.78981, in the SP6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fordingbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde, New Forest, SP6 1HZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003440DF0100
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2013.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 6 March 2013
4 m awayRef 2013440084641
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 18 October 2007
10 m awayRef 2007440481867
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 11 October 2015
12 m awayRef 2015440353455
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 18 May 2004
14 m awayRef 2004440DF0046
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 9 April 2020
16 m awayRef 2020440126618
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 16 October 2000
20 m awayRef 2000440DF0089
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks FA 45LF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2003440DF0100 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 2003.