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Serious unclassified road crash in the New Forest SP6 on 13 July 2007 at 15:46 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van

A bicycle and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 15:46 on Friday 13 July 2007. The 10-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Jul 2007
Friday, 15:46
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92702, longitude -1.79692, in the SP6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fordingbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde, New Forest, SP6 1HZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007440324600
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
30 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
90%
Estimated chance it was slight
10%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 March 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    2,151 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 10, on vehicle 1 (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 2007440324600 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.