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A350 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 20 December 1998 at 02:50 involving an Austin

An Austin crashed on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 02:50 on Sunday 20 December 1998. The 24-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1998
Sunday, 02:50
Vehicles
1
Austin
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72006, longitude -1.97261, 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
1998550P06579
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Poole

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
350
Speed limit
30 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin

    Car

    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin)

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 1998550P06579 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.