A337 crash in the New Forest on 3 October 2017 at 10:30 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 10:30 on Tuesday 3 October 2017. The 79-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2017
- Tuesday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74371, longitude -1.5886, in the SO41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Everton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Milford & Hordle, New Forest, SO41 0EX 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
- 2017440382928
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3058
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 7 March 2014
1 m awayRef 2014440081085
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 25 November 2024
2 m awayRef 2024440513633
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 27 September 2020
3 m awayRef 2020440375190
Slight
Datsun Sunny crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 17 October 1994
3 m awayRef 1994440DW0221
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 30 June 2005
3 m awayRef 2005440564665
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 28 November 2006
3 m awayRef 2006440487778
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- 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
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017440382928 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.