A3049 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 30 July 2005 at 15:50 involving a Mercedes 190
A Mercedes 190 and a car were involved in a crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 15:50 on Saturday 30 July 2005. The 18-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 190 and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes 190 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jul 2005
- Saturday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes 190 and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7278, longitude -1.83746, in the BH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boscombe West, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH5 1HW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005555B03540
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Bournemouth
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3049
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 2005.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 8 August 2005
At the same spotRef 2005555B03702
Slight
Car crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 15 December 2004
At the same spotRef 2004550B06243
Slight
Seat Marbella crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 15 May 1999
At the same spotRef 1999550B02241
Slight
Bus crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 19 December 2001
At the same spotRef 2001550B06806
Serious
Yamaha MT crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 26 February 2023
6 m awayRef 2023552300488
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2 July 1999
10 m awayRef 1999550B03004
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)
- 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 2005555B03540 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 2005.