A337 crash in the New Forest on 9 July 2018 at 20:13 involving a Yamaha Tracer motorcycle
A Yamaha Tracer motorcycle and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 20:13 on Monday 9 July 2018. The 31-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Tracer motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jul 2018
- Monday, 20:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha Tracer and Skoda Fabia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74733, longitude -1.66503, in the BH25 postcode district and within the built-up area of New Milton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barton & Becton, New Forest, BH25 6QF 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
- 2018440258491
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, 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 serious injury crash on 22 August 2013.
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 22 August 2013
1 m awayRef 2013440316896
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 45 crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 19 November 2007
6 m awayRef 2007440533415
Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 31 January 2008
10 m awayRef 2008440044322
Slight
Renault Modus crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 21 September 2021
11 m awayRef 2021440380662
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 12 March 1984
12 m awayRef 1984440DW0068
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 9 June 1989
30 m awayRef 1989440DW0115
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha Tracer
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 689 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 90 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha Tracer)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018440258491 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.