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A3060 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 20 December 2006 at 15:55 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus and a car were involved in a crash on the A3060 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 15:55 on Wednesday 20 December 2006. A 76-year-old male passenger in the Dennis bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2006
Wednesday, 15:55
Vehicles
2
Dennis and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7511, longitude -1.84191, in the BH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Muscliff & Strouden Park, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH8 9NX area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006556B06205
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
3060
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
Wet or damp

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 26 January 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 2006556B06205 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.