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A347 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 12 May 2001 at 17:15 involving a Mercedes 300

A bicycle and a Mercedes 300 were involved in a crash on the A347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 17:15 on Saturday 12 May 2001. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 May 2001
Saturday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Mercedes 300
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73847, longitude -1.88504, in the BH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001550B02533
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Bournemouth

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
347
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 300

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,962 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2001550B02533 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 2001.