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Serious A337 crash in the New Forest on 23 September 2015 at 21:56 involving a Peugeot Boxer van

A Peugeot Boxer van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 21:56 on Wednesday 23 September 2015. The 45-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Sep 2015
Wednesday, 21:56
Vehicles
2
Peugeot Boxer and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8671, longitude -1.57528, in the SO43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lyndhurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lyndhurst & Minstead, New Forest, SO43 7EW 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
2015440330727
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
337
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
35

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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
92%
Estimated chance it was slight
8%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 25 October 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Boxer

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 2015440330727 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 2015.