Serious A326 crash in the New Forest on 9 August 2013 at 21:05 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A326 in the New Forest at 21:05 on Friday 9 August 2013. The 17-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Aug 2013
- Friday, 21:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8348, longitude -1.38408, in the SO45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Holbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hardley, Holbury & North Blackfield, New Forest, SO45 2NX 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
- 2013440298845
- 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
- 326
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 91%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 9%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 January 2025.
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 26 January 2025
11 m awayRef 2025440037895
Slight
Car crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 21 May 1989
12 m awayRef 1989440EH0123
Slight
Volvo crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 20 October 2022
14 m awayRef 2022440426709
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 2 March 2010
16 m awayRef 2010440085594
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 18 December 2007
20 m awayRef 2007440577663
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 19 September 1996
26 m awayRef 1996440DH0197
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 17, 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 2013440298845 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.