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Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH18 on 19 December 1999 at 10:50 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series crashed on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 10:50 on Sunday 19 December 1999. The 97-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1999
Sunday, 10:50
Vehicles
1
Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76317, longitude -2.00947, in the BH18 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
1999550P06166
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Poole

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 120 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    97 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 97, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

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 1999550P06166 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.