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Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH12 on 17 January 1998 at 18:30 involving a Fiat Cinquecento

A Fiat Cinquecento and an Audi 80 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 18:30 on Saturday 17 January 1998. The 33-year-old female driver of the Fiat Cinquecento was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 1998
Saturday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Fiat Cinquecento and Audi 80
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74793, longitude -1.95232, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998550P00307
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Cinquecento)

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 1998550P00307 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.