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A338 crash in the New Forest on 1 April 2004 at 22:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A338 in the New Forest at 22:15 on Thursday 1 April 2004. The 32-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort, the 45-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and a 14-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Apr 2004
Thursday, 22:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95872, longitude -1.775, in the SP6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004440DR0080
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
338
Road type
Dual 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2004440DR0080 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 2004.