A337 crash in the New Forest on 24 May 2020 at 16:35 involving a Fiat Panda
A Fiat Panda and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 16:35 on Sunday 24 May 2020. The 26-year-old male driver of the Fiat Panda and the 29-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 May 2020
- Sunday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Panda and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81718, longitude -1.57196, in the SO42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brockenhurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge, New Forest, SO42 7AD 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
- 2020440184719
- 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
- 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
- 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 5 November 2022.
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 5 November 2022
1 m awayRef 2022440450167
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 21 April 2018
2 m awayRef 2018440147181
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 14 November 1997
3 m awayRef 1997440DG0228
Slight
Van crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 2 November 1988
3 m awayRef 1988440DG0190
Slight
Car crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 1 March 1987
3 m awayRef 1987440DG0040
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 8 October 2015
3 m awayRef 2015440368493
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020440184719 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.