Serious B3058 crash in the New Forest on 30 September 2008 at 09:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier, a Ford Fiesta and a Toyota Hiace van were involved in a crash on the B3058 in the New Forest at 09:30 on Tuesday 30 September 2008. The 84-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and the 48-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was 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
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Sep 2008
- Tuesday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74338, longitude -1.58853, in the SO41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Everton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Milford & Hordle, New Forest, SO41 0EX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008440435323
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3058
- 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
- 90%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 10%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 1998.
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 18 April 1998
At the same spotRef 1998440DH0109
Slight
Lorry crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 12 April 1984
10 m awayRef 1984440DW0099
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 6 August 2001
20 m awayRef 2001440DW0237
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 19 May 1997
20 m awayRef 1997440DW0129
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 15 March 2000
20 m awayRef 2000440DW0072
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 18 April 1998
20 m awayRef 1998440DW0109
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,699 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Hiace
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2008440435323 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.