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A338 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 1 October 1996 at 11:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 11:50 on Tuesday 1 October 1996. The 68-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 49-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Oct 1996
Tuesday, 11:50
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75185, longitude -1.81978, in the BH8 postcode district. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965596B4244
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Bournemouth

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
338
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Special conditions at the site
Auto signal part defective
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 19965596B4244 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 1996.