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Serious A348 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 21 August 2000 at 18:00 involving a lorry

A lorry hit a pedestrian on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 18:00 on Monday 21 August 2000. A 36-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Aug 2000
Monday, 18:00
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7679, longitude -1.92027, in the BH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000550B04166
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Bournemouth

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
348
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 8 February 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2000550B04166 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 2000.