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Serious unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH1 on 1 February 2002 at 22:05 involving a Fiat Bravo

Four vehicles, including a Fiat Bravo and a Citroen BX, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 22:05 on Friday 1 February 2002. There were ten casualties: six people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Feb 2002
Friday, 22:05
Vehicles
4
Fiat Bravo and 3 others
Casualties
10
6 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71937, longitude -1.85576, in the BH1 postcode district. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002550B00632
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Bournemouth

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a fatal crash on 22 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Bravo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Peugeot 106

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (10)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 106)

  • Casualty 8: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 106)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2002550B00632 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 2002.