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Serious A35 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 8 January 1991 at 23:58 involving a Rover SD1

A Rover SD1, a Rover 200 Series and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 23:58 on Tuesday 8 January 1991. The 37-year-old male driver of the Rover SD1 was seriously 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
Serious
Date
8 Jan 1991
Tuesday, 23:58
Vehicles
3
Rover SD1 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72464, longitude -1.93903, in the BH14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. The location was in the former Poole district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19915591C0056
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
35
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 25 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover SD1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Road works
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,792 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover SD1)

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 19915591C0056 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 1991.