Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH9 on 11 July 2008 at 12:41 involving a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle
A Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle and a Piaggio NRG motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 12:41 on Friday 11 July 2008. The 16-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle 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
- 11 Jul 2008
- Friday, 12:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Speedfight and Piaggio NRG
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74908, longitude -1.88062, in the BH9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wallisdown & Winton West, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH9 2NF 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
- 2008558C02896
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Bournemouth
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 4 September 2001.
Serious
Yamaha crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 4 September 2001
At the same spotRef 2001550B04586
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 1 May 1984
At the same spotRef 1984558421301
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 3 November 1995
At the same spotRef 19955595B4348
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 October 2001
20 m awayRef 2001550B05475
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 11 March 1991
30 m awayRef 19915591E0300
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 12 September 1985
30 m awayRef 1985558523143
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Speedfight
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Piaggio NRG
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Speedfight)
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 2008558C02896 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 2008.