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Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH1 on 20 August 1990 at 23:00 involving an Opel Manta

An Opel Manta and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 23:00 on Monday 20 August 1990. The 19-year-old male driver of the Opel Manta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Aug 1990
Monday, 23:00
Vehicles
2
Opel Manta and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7269, longitude -1.85204, in the BH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19905590E1037
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 28 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Opel Manta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Opel Manta)

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 19905590E1037 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 1990.