Serious B3347 crash in the New Forest on 6 February 2003 at 08:46 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323 hit a pedestrian on the B3347 in the New Forest at 08:46 on Thursday 6 February 2003. A 34-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
- 6 Feb 2003
- Thursday, 08:46
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mazda 323
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84427, longitude -1.78848, in the BH24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ringwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ringwood South, New Forest, BH24 1JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003440DR0029
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3347
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 November 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 12 November 1983
At the same spotRef 1983440DR0244
Serious
Car crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 23 December 1980
10 m awayRef 1980440DR0227
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 30 December 1996
10 m awayRef 1996440DR0204
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the B3047 in the New Forest, 15 February 1991
10 m awayRef 1991440DR0026
Slight
Honda VFR750F crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 6 January 1995
10 m awayRef 1995440DR0002
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 19 August 1994
20 m awayRef 1994440DR0107
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,840 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 34, hit by vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 2003440DR0029 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.