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A350 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 15 November 2000 at 17:50 involving a Ford Escort

A car, a Ford Escort and a Renault 11 were involved in a crash on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 17:50 on Wednesday 15 November 2000. The 49-year-old female driver of the car, the 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 44-year-old male driver of the Renault 11 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Nov 2000
Wednesday, 17:50
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73502, longitude -1.99402, in the BH15 postcode district. 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
2000550P05810
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Poole

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
350
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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 lit
Weather
Fine, 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 17 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Renault 11

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault 11)

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 2000550P05810 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.