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A349 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 21 March 2003 at 19:59 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A349 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 19:59 on Friday 21 March 2003. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort, the 42-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Mar 2003
Friday, 19:59
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Suzuki
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74698, longitude -1.98466, in the BH17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canford Heath, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH17 9NQ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Poole district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003550P01468
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Poole

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
349
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2003550P01468 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 2003.