A337 crash in the New Forest on 14 May 2012 at 11:53 involving a Citroen C3
A car and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 11:53 on Monday 14 May 2012. The 18-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 May 2012
- Monday, 11:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Citroen C3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76066, longitude -1.5504, in the SO41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lymington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lymington, New Forest, SO41 9BS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440184653
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3054
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 1985.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 25 October 1985
11 m awayRef 1985440DG0191
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 12 November 2009
11 m awayRef 2009440490630
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 15 October 2024
13 m awayRef 2024440448596
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 9 April 2004
14 m awayRef 2004440DG0056
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 7 August 2005
17 m awayRef 2005440615942
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 22 July 2004
20 m awayRef 2004440DG0141
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2012440184653 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 2012.