B3347 crash in the New Forest on 15 May 2017 at 20:34 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf crashed on the B3347 in the New Forest at 20:34 on Monday 15 May 2017. The 21-year-old male driver was 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
- 15 May 2017
- Monday, 20:34
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79168, longitude -1.79553, in the BH23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440182977
- 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
- 3347
- 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, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 December 2021.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 7 December 2021
12 m awayRef 2021440491318
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 18 November 1993
15 m awayRef 1993440DR0196
Serious
Car crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 25 May 1984
28 m awayRef 1984440DR0096
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 5 May 1997
35 m awayRef 1997440DR0074
Serious
Rover Range Rover crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 6 July 1998
35 m awayRef 1998440DR0129
Slight
Car crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 23 August 1998
35 m awayRef 1998440DR0177
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2017440182977 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 2017.