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B3068 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 18 December 1998 at 12:20 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 12:20 on Friday 18 December 1998. The 37-year-old female driver of the car and the 56-year-old male driver of the lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 1998
Friday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72645, longitude -1.98606, in the BH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. 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
1998550P06539
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Poole

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3068
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 13 August 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)

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 1998550P06539 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.