A354 crash in the New Forest on 22 December 2018 at 15:15 involving a Land Rover Discovery
A Land Rover Discovery and a Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A354 in the New Forest at 15:15 on Saturday 22 December 2018. The 58-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2018
- Saturday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Discovery and Suzuki GSX 1400
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99459, longitude -1.91043, in the SP5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440474723
- 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
- 354
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 July 2024.
Serious
Honda CB crash on the A354 in the New Forest, 26 July 2024
6 m awayRef 2024440318524
Slight
Leyland DAF FT 95 crash on the A354 in the New Forest, 8 September 1997
32 m awayRef 1997440DF0070
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A354 in the New Forest, 19 October 2025
77 m awayRef 2025440475130
Serious
Renault 5 crash on the A354 in the New Forest, 13 July 2000
81 m awayRef 2000440DF0056
Serious
Car crash on the A354 in the New Forest, 1 March 1986
95 m awayRef 1986440DF0016
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A354 in the New Forest, 4 February 2001
106 m awayRef 2001440DF0026
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,720 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSX 1400
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSX 1400)
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 2018440474723 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.