A35 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 31 October 1998 at 08:48 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 08:48 on Saturday 31 October 1998. The 25-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 1998
- Saturday, 08:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72214, longitude -1.86112, in the BH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. 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
- 1998550B05585
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Highway authority
- Bournemouth
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 35
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2001.
Slight
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 15 November 2001
10 m awayRef 2001550B06072
Serious
Hyundai Getz crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 10 November 2021
12 m awayRef 2021552200043
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 29 August 2024
13 m awayRef 2024552401019
Serious
Suzuki GSXR crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 9 July 2025
14 m awayRef 2025552500757
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 28 March 2010
14 m awayRef 20105500C1176
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B3064 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 29 March 2010
20 m awayRef 20105500C1178
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 1998550B05585 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 1998.