Serious unclassified road crash in the New Forest SO40 on 26 June 2018 at 17:19 involving a BMW 4 Series
A BMW 4 Series and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 17:19 on Tuesday 26 June 2018. The 10-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Jun 2018
- Tuesday, 17:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 4 Series and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89588, longitude -1.44732, in the SO40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Marchwood.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440239318
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 91%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 9%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2008.
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 7 October 2008
30 m awayRef 2008440446985
Fatal
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 14 June 2005
37 m awayRef 2005440542906
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 17 June 2004
55 m awayRef 2004440DH0179
Slight
Fiat 500L crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 25 July 2025
116 m awayRef 2025440333639
Serious
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 23 September 2002
118 m awayRef 2002440DH0225
Serious
Volvo 245 crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 24 March 1990
124 m awayRef 1990440EH0075
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 4 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 10, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2018440239318 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.