B3056 crash in the New Forest on 3 October 2017 at 19:30 involving a Honda XL125V motorcycle
A Honda XL125V motorcycle crashed on the B3056 in the New Forest at 19:30 on Tuesday 3 October 2017. The 47-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2017
- Tuesday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda XL125V
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86976, longitude -1.56399, in the SO43 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440384429
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3056
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
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, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 1991.
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B3056 in the New Forest, 1 September 1991
29 m awayRef 1991440EL0150
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B3056 in the New Forest, 9 October 2025
38 m awayRef 2025440460644
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the B3056 in the New Forest, 3 June 2007
124 m awayRef 2007440255562
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3056 in the New Forest, 12 December 1996
147 m awayRef 1996440DL0247
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3056 in the New Forest, 18 October 2022
157 m awayRef 2022440423337
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B3056 in the New Forest, 18 September 2014
158 m awayRef 2014440351759
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda XL125V
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Any animal (except ridden horse)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 47, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda XL125V)
- 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 2017440384429 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.