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Serious A338 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 4 July 1979 at 08:10 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 08:10 on Wednesday 4 July 1979. A 13-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Jul 1979
Wednesday, 08:10
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72307, longitude -1.89214, in the BH2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979557922507
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
338
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

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 1979557922507 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.