A337 crash in the New Forest on 9 March 2009 at 08:20 involving a Toyota RAV4
Four vehicles, including a car and a Toyota RAV4, were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 08:20 on Monday 9 March 2009. 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
- 9 Mar 2009
- Monday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Toyota RAV4 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74855, longitude -1.63115, in the BH25 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009440102927
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 2007.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 13 January 2007
10 m awayRef 2007440023117
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 12 March 2004
10 m awayRef 2004440DW0074
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 28 November 2010
10 m awayRef 2010440503053
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 21 February 2003
20 m awayRef 2003440DW0066
Serious
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 25 August 1993
20 m awayRef 1993440DW0165
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 27 November 1987
20 m awayRef 1987440DW0314
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 4: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, minibus occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Alighting
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, minibus occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Alighting
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2009440102927 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 2009.