A337 crash in the New Forest on 21 May 2012 at 18:50 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 18:50 on Monday 21 May 2012. The 37-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2012
- Monday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75609, longitude -1.55066, 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
- 2012440195141
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2008.
Slight
Seat Arosa crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 6 December 2008
3 m awayRef 2008440541581
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 2 November 2006
3 m awayRef 2006440444667
Slight
Land Rover 109 crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 14 August 1990
7 m awayRef 1990440DG0129
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 1 September 1984
7 m awayRef 1984440DG0148
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 7 April 1987
13 m awayRef 1987440DG0067
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 15 November 2002
16 m awayRef 2002440DG0241
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 37, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2012440195141 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.