Unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH24 on 23 August 2017 at 11:15 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 11:15 on Wednesday 23 August 2017. A 55-year-old male pedestrian 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
- 23 Aug 2017
- Wednesday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8464, longitude -1.79316, in the BH24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ringwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ringwood South, New Forest, BH24 1JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440326246
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 2017.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 26 November 2017
4 m awayRef 2017440460808
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 26 March 2016
7 m awayRef 2016440117975
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 13 July 2007
8 m awayRef 2007440323856
Slight
Optare Excel crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 13 October 2011
18 m awayRef 2011440435319
Serious
Audi 100 crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 15 February 1991
21 m awayRef 1991440DR0025
Slight
Suzuki crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 8 August 1996
21 m awayRef 1996440DR0098
Vehicles involved (1)
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 55, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2017440326246 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.