B3054 crash in the New Forest on 15 May 2013 at 09:43 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Volvo XC90 were involved in a crash on the B3054 in the New Forest at 09:43 on Wednesday 15 May 2013. The 63-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2013
- Wednesday, 09:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Volvo XC90
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78174, longitude -1.51227, in the SO41 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Forest & Solent, New Forest, SO41 5RA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013440174992
- 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
- 3054
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 June 2015.
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the B3054 in the New Forest, 27 June 2015
At the same spotRef 2015440218446
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the B3054 in the New Forest, 24 April 2025
1 m awayRef 2025440177584
Serious
Peugeot 5008 crash on the B3054 in the New Forest, 12 February 2024
2 m awayRef 2024440062843
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B3054 in the New Forest, 16 June 2013
2 m awayRef 2013440219462
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B3054 in the New Forest, 16 March 2020
2 m awayRef 2020440100660
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the B3054 in the New Forest, 29 December 2016
2 m awayRef 2016440488460
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
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 2013440174992 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 2013.