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Unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH24 on 26 November 2003 at 07:25 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 07:25 on Wednesday 26 November 2003. The 14-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Nov 2003
Wednesday, 07:25
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8554, longitude -1.77593, 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 3PB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003440DR0294
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
No
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 2003440DR0294 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.