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C road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH23 on 14 September 2005 at 17:05 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on a C road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 17:05 on Wednesday 14 September 2005. The 26-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was 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
14 Sep 2005
Wednesday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73372, longitude -1.7758, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005555E04397
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
B
Second road number
3059

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 August 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    7,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 2005555E04397 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.