Serious B3055 crash in the New Forest on 2 March 2023 at 08:02 involving a Renault Trafic van
A Renault Trafic van, a Toyota Hilux and a Honda CR-V were involved in a crash on the B3055 in the New Forest at 08:02 on Thursday 2 March 2023. The 48-year-old female driver of the Honda CR-V was seriously injured and the 67-year-old male driver of the Renault Trafic van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Mar 2023
- Thursday, 08:02
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Trafic and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77317, longitude -1.62783, in the SO41 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023440084903
- 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
- 3055
- 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
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 89%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 11%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 September 1995.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 26 September 1995
30 m awayRef 1995440DW0184
Serious
Car crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 3 September 1985
44 m awayRef 1985440DW0203
Serious
Audi 80 crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 9 January 2001
46 m awayRef 2001440DW0009
Serious
Bus crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 26 September 1979
50 m awayRef 1979440DA0153
Slight
Car crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 21 April 1986
62 m awayRef 1986440DW0096
Serious
Volvo V40 crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 13 November 2015
89 m awayRef 2015440394587
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Honda CR-V
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Trafic)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Honda CR-V)
- 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 2023440084903 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 2023.