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Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH17 on 14 November 1995 at 16:00 involving a Rover Montego taxi

A Rover Montego taxi, an Austin Metro and a Volkswagen Beetle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 16:00 on Tuesday 14 November 1995. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Nov 1995
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
3
Rover Montego and 2 others
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74561, longitude -2.0008, in the BH17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. The location was in the former Poole district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19955595P4562
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Poole

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 25 May 1988.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Montego

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Montego)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Beetle)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Beetle)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 19955595P4562 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 1995.