Unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH24 on 17 May 2018 at 22:37 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 22:37 on Thursday 17 May 2018. The 54-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 May 2018
- Thursday, 22:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85599, longitude -1.77017, in the BH24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ringwood.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440185713
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 1980.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the New Forest, 1 May 1980
27 m awayRef 1980440DR0069
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 2 September 2005
34 m awayRef 2005440653366
Slight
Saab 9000 crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 21 November 1996
39 m awayRef 1996440DR0168
Slight
MG Metro crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 16 July 1990
43 m awayRef 1990440DR0133
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 6 January 2007
43 m awayRef 2007440008543
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 10 October 1999
47 m awayRef 1999440DR0220
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 54, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018440185713 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.