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C road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH14 on 24 December 1998 at 18:11 involving a Honda Concerto

A Honda Concerto and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on a C road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 18:11 on Thursday 24 December 1998. The 80-year-old male driver of the Honda Concerto was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1998
Thursday, 18:11
Vehicles
2
Honda Concerto and Renault Laguna
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72337, longitude -1.92529, in the BH14 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
1998550P06653
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Poole

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Concerto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,948 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Concerto)

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 1998550P06653 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.