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Serious unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH13 on 15 December 2000 at 12:05 involving a Volkswagen 1000 van

A bus or coach and a Volkswagen 1000 van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 12:05 on Friday 15 December 2000. The 26-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen 1000 van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 2000
Friday, 12:05
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and Volkswagen 1000
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70639, longitude -1.91514, in the BH13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. The location was in the former Poole district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000550P06455
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
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen 1000

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen 1000)

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 2000550P06455 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.