Serious A338 crash in the New Forest on 13 July 2011 at 09:45 involving a Jeep Cherokee
A Jeep Cherokee and a Triumph Speed Triple 1050 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A338 in the New Forest at 09:45 on Wednesday 13 July 2011. The 41-year-old male rider of the Triumph Speed Triple 1050 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Jul 2011
- Wednesday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jeep Cherokee and Triumph Speed Triple 1050
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85021, longitude -1.79172, in the BH24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ringwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ringwood South, New Forest, BH24 1JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011440292789
- 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
- 338
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 92%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 8%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2001.
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 23 December 2001
10 m awayRef 2001440DR0255
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 22 October 1995
10 m awayRef 1995440DR0168
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 6 October 2012
21 m awayRef 2012440391911
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A31 in the New Forest, 5 November 1988
22 m awayRef 1988440DR0203
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A338 in the New Forest, 3 September 1999
22 m awayRef 1999440DR0180
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 6 December 2001
22 m awayRef 2001440DF0115
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jeep Cherokee
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,776 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Triumph Speed Triple 1050
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,050 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Speed Triple 1050)
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 2011440292789 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 2011.