B3068 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 26 August 2008 at 13:45 involving a Renault Megane
Four vehicles, including a Renault Megane and a Mercedes C Class, were involved in a crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 13:45 on Tuesday 26 August 2008. An 80-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2008
- Tuesday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Renault Megane and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74831, longitude -1.93959, in the BH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown & Heatherlands, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH12 4NQ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Poole district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008558C03679
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Poole
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3068
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2021.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 26 February 2021
4 m awayRef 2021552100222
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 6 June 2025
6 m awayRef 2025552501015
Serious
Hyundai Santa Fe crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 28 March 2019
7 m awayRef 2019551900336
Slight
Car crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 November 1979
10 m awayRef 1979557924679
Serious
Honda CBF1000A crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 19 November 2015
11 m awayRef 2015551501276
Slight
Kia Carens crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 9 November 2019
14 m awayRef 2019551901105
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2008558C03679 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.