B3055 crash in the New Forest on 13 August 2014 at 18:40 involving a Citroen Dispatch van
A Citroen Dispatch van, a Land Rover Defender and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B3055 in the New Forest at 18:40 on Wednesday 13 August 2014. The 55-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Defender and the 46-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Aug 2014
- Wednesday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Dispatch and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77794, longitude -1.60645, in the SO41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sway.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440293015
- 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
- 3055
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2019.
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 25 May 2019
33 m awayRef 2019440179845
Slight
Car crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 15 December 1979
60 m awayRef 1979440DA0212
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 23 April 2002
81 m awayRef 2002440DW0099
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 17 August 1994
94 m awayRef 1994440DW0181
Slight
Car crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 24 December 1988
99 m awayRef 1988440DW0276
Slight
Daewoo Lanos crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 8 July 2014
102 m awayRef 2014440242664
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Dispatch
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Defender
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Defender)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)
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 2014440293015 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.