C road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 20 December 1986 at 17:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 17:10 on Saturday 20 December 1986. The 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 20 Dec 1986; Saturday, 17:10
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986558624537
Council area: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force: Dorset

Road and location details

First road class: C
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
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
Carriageway hazards: Other object in carriageway

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
37 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 44, 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 1986558624537 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 1986.