Serious B3055 crash in the New Forest on 12 March 2024 at 11:50 involving a Hyundai Ioniq
A Hyundai Ioniq and a car were involved in a crash on the B3055 in the New Forest at 11:50 on Tuesday 12 March 2024. The 68-year-old female driver of the car and the 84-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Ioniq were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Mar 2024
- Tuesday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai Ioniq and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77665, longitude -1.60813, 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
- 2024440106805
- 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
- 30 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 99%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 1%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 2 September 1989
36 m awayRef 1989440DW0193
Slight
Car crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 25 July 1982
36 m awayRef 1982440DW0122
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 20 January 1998
49 m awayRef 1998440DW0021
Slight
Car crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 7 December 1983
86 m awayRef 1983440DW0240
Slight
Car crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 11 January 1999
94 m awayRef 1999440DW0011
Slight
Mercedes SLK Class crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 20 February 2010
116 m awayRef 2010440070846
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Ioniq
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Ioniq)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2024440106805 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 2024.