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Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH12 on 26 January 1979 at 07:40 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 07:40 on Friday 26 January 1979. A 20-year-old female passenger and the 46-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1979
Friday, 07:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73687, longitude -1.93575, in the BH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. The location was in the former Poole district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979557920334
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1979557920334 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole road accident statistics for 1979.