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B3074 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 14 December 1998 at 21:25 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B3074 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 21:25 on Monday 14 December 1998. The 19-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 1998
Monday, 21:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75019, longitude -1.9828, 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
1998550P06475
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Poole

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3074
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights unlit
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 16 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,093 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 1998550P06475 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.