Serious unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH25 on 25 January 2018 at 10:58 involving a Peugeot 208
A Peugeot 208 and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 10:58 on Thursday 25 January 2018. The 41-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 208 was seriously injured and the 19-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Jan 2018
- Thursday, 10:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 208 and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75932, longitude -1.6706, in the BH25 postcode district and within the built-up area of New Milton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ballard, New Forest, BH25 5GE 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
- 2018440032203
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 90%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 10%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2016.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 10 December 2016
1 m awayRef 2016440465442
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 20 November 2006
8 m awayRef 2006440475624
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 26 February 2004
8 m awayRef 2004440DW0057
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 24 October 2011
8 m awayRef 2011440452183
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 28 August 2010
8 m awayRef 2010440366075
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 14 August 2007
8 m awayRef 2007440377833
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 208)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018440032203 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 2018.