Unclassified road crash in the New Forest BH24 on 8 August 2018 at 10:49 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the New Forest at 10:49 on Wednesday 8 August 2018. A 63-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Aug 2018
- Wednesday, 10:49
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85448, longitude -1.78358, in the BH24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ringwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ringwood North & Ellingham, New Forest, BH24 3PB 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
- 2018440299924
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 46 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2018.
Slight
Seat Exeo crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 30 April 2018
46 m awayRef 2018440159232
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 27 December 2000
50 m awayRef 2000440DR0305
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 10 September 1985
71 m awayRef 1985440DR0200
Slight
Porsche 911 crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 3 May 2000
73 m awayRef 2000440DR0083
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 23 October 1979
76 m awayRef 1979440DR0193
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 23 August 1985
133 m awayRef 1985440DR0169
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 63, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018440299924 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.