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Serious B3061 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 22 December 1991 at 19:50 involving a Volvo 244

A Volvo 244 hit a pedestrian on the B3061 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 19:50 on Sunday 22 December 1991. A 74-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 1991
Sunday, 19:50
Vehicles
1
Volvo 244
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72923, longitude -1.94469, in the BH12 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
19915591C1945
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3061
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 244

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    2,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 244)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 19915591C1945 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.