A3060 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 24 December 1986 at 16:00 involving a car

A car hit four pedestrians on the A3060 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 16:00 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. All four casualties were slightly injured. Four of them were pedestrians. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 16:00
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 4; 4 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986558624577
Council area: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force: Dorset

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 3060
Road type: Roundabout
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Bus stop or bus shelter
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (4)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
On footway or verge
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
On footway or verge
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle
Casualty 3: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
On footway or verge
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle
Casualty 4: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
On footway or verge
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1986558624577 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.