Unclassified road crash in the New Forest SP6 on 26 July 2005 at 16:45 involving a Mitsubishi Colt
A Mitsubishi Colt, a Land Rover Defender and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 16:45 on Tuesday 26 July 2005. The 23-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Colt, a 12-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Defender and the 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jul 2005
- Tuesday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mitsubishi Colt and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95256, longitude -1.86629, in the SP6 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005440600211
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 1995.
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on a C road in the New Forest, 7 November 1995
28 m awayRef 1995440DF0089
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 18 September 1983
32 m awayRef 1983440DF0087
Slight
Lorry crash on a C road in the New Forest, 3 November 1979
32 m awayRef 1979440DF0082
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 21 April 1986
32 m awayRef 1986440DF0027
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 17 August 2023
36 m awayRef 2023440336467
Slight
Van crash on a C road in the New Forest, 18 August 1988
42 m awayRef 1988440DF0082
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Colt
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,468 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Defender
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 123 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Colt)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Defender)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 3 (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 2005440600211 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 2005.