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Serious A337 crash in the New Forest on 12 April 2006 at 11:25 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series, a car and a Volkswagen Transporter van were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 11:25 on Wednesday 12 April 2006. An 86-year-old male passenger in the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Apr 2006
Wednesday, 11:25
Vehicles
3
BMW 3 Series and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8794, longitude -1.57738, in the SO43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lyndhurst.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006440136946
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
337
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
89%
Estimated chance it was slight
11%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Transporter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 2006440136946 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 2006.