B3347 crash in the New Forest on 29 April 2003 at 07:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B3347 in the New Forest at 07:30 on Tuesday 29 April 2003. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Apr 2003
- Tuesday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79284, longitude -1.79353, in the BH23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003440DR0097
- 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
- 3347
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2016.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 7 November 2016
8 m awayRef 2016440420352
Slight
Peugeot crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 1 October 2012
18 m awayRef 2012440384270
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 10 June 1998
32 m awayRef 1998440DR0104
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 17 November 1996
36 m awayRef 1996440DR0165
Slight
Honda NSR125R crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 8 June 1996
41 m awayRef 1996440DR0068
Slight
Car crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 24 January 1980
54 m awayRef 1980440DR0018
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2003440DR0097 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.