A337 crash in the New Forest on 13 February 2008 at 21:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 21:00 on Wednesday 13 February 2008. The 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 43-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Feb 2008
- Wednesday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74007, longitude -1.62143, in the SO41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Milford on Sea.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008440064032
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2009.
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 24 May 2009
10 m awayRef 2009440222796
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 23 November 1991
14 m awayRef 1991440DW0292
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 15 September 1983
14 m awayRef 1983440DW0175
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 12 June 1988
14 m awayRef 1988440DW0089
Serious
Hyundai Coupe crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 11 December 2011
20 m awayRef 2011440521077
Slight
Hyundai Pony crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 5 June 1996
22 m awayRef 1996440DW0131
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, 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 2008440064032 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 2008.