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Serious A35 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 24 March 2003 at 10:28 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Vauxhall were involved in a crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 10:28 on Monday 24 March 2003. A 71-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall was seriously injured and the 68-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 66-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Mar 2003
Monday, 10:28
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Vauxhall
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73617, longitude -1.78471, in the BH23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Christchurch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Christchurch Town, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH23 1QN area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Christchurch district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003553E01493
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
35
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
3059

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 15 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    2,594 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall)

    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 2003553E01493 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.