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A341 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 20 December 1999 at 06:40 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 06:40 on Monday 20 December 1999. The 39-year-old female driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1999
Monday, 06:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76762, longitude -1.89518, in the BH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999550B06197
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Bournemouth

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
341
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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

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 1999550B06197 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 1999.