Serious B3347 crash in the New Forest on 17 January 2020 at 07:30 involving a Honda CBR125R motorcycle
A car and a Honda CBR125R motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3347 in the New Forest at 07:30 on Friday 17 January 2020. The 26-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Jan 2020
- Friday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda CBR125R
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78227, longitude -1.79031, in the BH23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East, New Forest, BH23 7BN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020440024863
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3347
- 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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
- 94%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 6%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 2005.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 1 March 2005
9 m awayRef 2005445DR0055
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 11 May 1995
14 m awayRef 1995440DR0064
Slight
David Brown crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 27 January 1992
23 m awayRef 1992440DR0010
Slight
Car crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 27 September 1981
103 m awayRef 1981440DR0173
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 28 August 1997
180 m awayRef 1997440DR0147
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3347 in the New Forest, 13 May 2001
197 m awayRef 2001440DR0089
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR125R)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2020440024863 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 2020.