Serious B3055 crash in the New Forest on 6 March 2025 at 17:36 involving a Triumph Sprint ST 1050 motorcycle
A Triumph Sprint ST 1050 motorcycle and an agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the B3055 in the New Forest at 17:36 on Thursday 6 March 2025. The 73-year-old male rider of the Triumph Sprint ST 1050 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Thursday, 17:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Triumph Sprint ST 1050 and agricultural vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76137, longitude -1.69798, in the BH23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East, New Forest, BH23 7DU 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
- 2025440100587
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 97%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 3%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2023.
Slight
Volvo XC40 crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 14 October 2023
3 m awayRef 2023440421694
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 9 August 1997
4 m awayRef 1997440DW0200
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 13 October 2015
4 m awayRef 2015440356357
Serious
Car crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 18 April 1982
4 m awayRef 1982440DW0067
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 25 September 1993
4 m awayRef 1993440DW0187
Slight
Car crash on the B3055 in the New Forest, 13 May 1979
4 m awayRef 1979440DW0048
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Triumph Sprint ST 1050
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,050 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 73, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Sprint ST 1050)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 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 2025440100587 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 2025.