A337 crash in the New Forest on 18 August 2020 at 15:08 involving a Suzuki Swift
A car and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the A337 in the New Forest at 15:08 on Tuesday 18 August 2020. The 69-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was 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
- 18 Aug 2020
- Tuesday, 15:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74365, longitude -1.58866, in the SO41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Everton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Milford & Hordle, New Forest, SO41 0EX 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
- 2020440316442
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 3058
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, 4 metres away, was a fatal crash on 6 March 2019.
Fatal
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B3058 in the New Forest, 6 March 2019
4 m awayRef 2019440079217
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the A377 in the New Forest, 14 October 2002
4 m awayRef 2002440DW0277
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 17 July 2006
4 m awayRef 2006440272109
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 21 October 2005
4 m awayRef 2005440731634
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 20 February 1993
4 m awayRef 1993440DW0034
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A337 in the New Forest, 26 November 2009
4 m awayRef 2009440511287
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020440316442 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.