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Serious A347 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 21 July 1983 at 16:21 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the A347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 16:21 on Thursday 21 July 1983. A 73-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Jul 1983
Thursday, 16:21
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73205, longitude -1.87412, in the BH3 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
1983558322151
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
347
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
3063

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 1983558322151 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 1983.