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Serious unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH14 on 3 April 1991 at 13:45 involving a Fiat Strada

A Fiat Strada and a Bedford van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 13:45 on Wednesday 3 April 1991. The 22-year-old male driver of the Fiat Strada and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Strada were seriously injured and the 26-year-old male driver of the Bedford van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Apr 1991
Wednesday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Fiat Strada and Bedford
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72743, longitude -1.9624, 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
19915591C0488
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
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Strada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Strada)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Strada)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

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 19915591C0488 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.