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Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH1 on 18 February 2004 at 00:30 involving a Volkswagen Bora

A Volkswagen Bora crashed on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 00:30 on Wednesday 18 February 2004. A 38-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Feb 2004
Wednesday, 00:30
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Bora
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7203, longitude -1.87942, in the BH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH1 1QJ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004550B00830
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Bournemouth

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Bora

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Bora)

    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 2004550B00830 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 2004.