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Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH21 on 22 August 2003 at 15:10 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 15:10 on Friday 22 August 2003. The 25-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro and a female passenger in the Peugeot 405 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Aug 2003
Friday, 15:10
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and Peugeot 405
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7789, longitude -1.95855, in the BH21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bearwood & Merley, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH21 3BD area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Poole district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003550P04447
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
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

    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 2003550P04447 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.