B3078 crash in the New Forest on 22 August 2018 at 20:14 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B3078 in the New Forest at 20:14 on Wednesday 22 August 2018. The 22-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2018
- Wednesday, 20:14
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92815, longitude -1.62949, in the SO43 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440318850
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3078
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
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, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 1998.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 14 March 1998
44 m awayRef 1998440DL0067
Slight
Car crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 1 December 2024
64 m awayRef 2024440522895
Slight
Car crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 15 June 1983
101 m awayRef 1983440EL0088
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 16 April 1998
139 m awayRef 1998440DL0101
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 19 December 1996
139 m awayRef 1996440DL0239
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 15 September 2003
140 m awayRef 2003440DL0219
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 897 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018440318850 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.