A348 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 25 December 1986 at 18:50 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 18:50 on Thursday 25 December 1986. A 14-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 1986
- Thursday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1986558624586
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 348
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 341
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
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 1986558624586 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.