A348 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 20 June 1979 at 22:15 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 22:15 on Wednesday 20 June 1979. The 38-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jun 1979
- Wednesday, 22:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75431, longitude -1.93162, in the BH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1979557922333
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 348
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2003.
Slight
Van crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 19 February 2003
At the same spotRef 2003550B00944
Slight
Morris Mini crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 24 February 1992
At the same spotRef 19925592E0201
Slight
Cupra Leon crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 18 November 2024
5 m awayRef 2024552401364
Slight
DAF Trucks FTP 95XF crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 6 November 2008
10 m awayRef 2008558C04893
Serious
Car crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 3 April 2021
13 m awayRef 2021552100390
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 27 July 2000
14 m awayRef 2000550B03642
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 1979557922333 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.