Serious B3053 crash in the New Forest on 2 May 2014 at 11:30 involving a minibus
A minibus crashed on the B3053 in the New Forest at 11:30 on Friday 2 May 2014. A 59-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 May 2014
- Friday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Minibus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82834, longitude -1.37687, 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 1SH 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
- 2014440153374
- 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
- 3053
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 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
- 89%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 11%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2007.
Slight
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the A326 in the New Forest, 20 September 2007
9 m awayRef 2007440436747
Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 19 September 2013
9 m awayRef 2013440356340
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B3053 in the New Forest, 9 May 2012
10 m awayRef 2012440177812
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in the New Forest, 17 November 1985
16 m awayRef 1985440EH0309
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B3053 in the New Forest, 27 August 2023
17 m awayRef 2023440347470
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 4 October 1986
18 m awayRef 1986440EH0263
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Minibus
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 66 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 59, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)
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 2014440153374 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 2014.