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A349 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 1 March 1998 at 21:35 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Toyota Landcruiser were involved in a crash on the A349 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 21:35 on Sunday 1 March 1998. The 22-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and the 68-year-old male driver of the Toyota Landcruiser were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Mar 1998
Sunday, 21:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Toyota Landcruiser
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77789, longitude -1.97796, in the BH21 postcode district. The location was in the former Poole district.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998550P01050
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Poole

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
349
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
341

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Landcruiser

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    4,164 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Landcruiser)

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 1998550P01050 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.