Fatal A348 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 8 February 2006 at 20:08 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta hit two pedestrians on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 20:08 on Wednesday 8 February 2006. A 2-year-old female pedestrian was killed and a 28-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 8 Feb 2006
- Wednesday, 20:08
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7679, longitude -1.92013, in the BH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bearwood & Merley, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH11 9LE 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
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006556B00665
- 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
- 348
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 August 2000.
Serious
Lorry crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 21 August 2000
10 m awayRef 2000550B04166
Slight
Car crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 27 June 1995
10 m awayRef 19955595B2377
Serious
Car crash on the A3480 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 6 December 1989
20 m awayRef 19895589E1709
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 6 March 1986
20 m awayRef 1986558620766
Slight
Car crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 14 January 1998
20 m awayRef 1998550B00356
Slight
Car crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 15 March 1995
20 m awayRef 19955595B1006
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalFemale, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2006556B00665 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 2006.