A337 crash in the New Forest on 28 March 2007 at 13:00 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza and an Audi S3 were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 13:00 on Wednesday 28 March 2007. All five casualties were slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Mar 2007
- Wednesday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Ibiza and Audi S3
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007440142285
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 December 1985.
Serious
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 22 December 1985
At the same spotRef 1985440EL0243
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 25 June 2004
At the same spotRef 2004440DL0122
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 7 October 2006
At the same spotRef 2006440401571
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 12 April 2006
At the same spotRef 2006440136946
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 23 May 2015
5 m awayRef 2015440174035
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 25 September 2016
6 m awayRef 2016440362541
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Audi S3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi S3)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi S3)
- 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 2007440142285 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 2007.