A35 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 10 October 2008 at 08:30 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 08:30 on Friday 10 October 2008. The 33-year-old female cyclist 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
- 10 Oct 2008
- Friday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72404, longitude -1.84739, in the BH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boscombe West, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH1 4ED 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
- 2008558C04440
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Bournemouth
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 35
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1998.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 9 November 1998
At the same spotRef 1998550B05776
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 8 October 2000
At the same spotRef 2000550B05090
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 August 2001
At the same spotRef 2001550B04247
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 31 October 2002
At the same spotRef 2002550B06093
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 November 2006
At the same spotRef 2006556B05510
Serious
Daihatsu Fourtrak crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 21 January 2001
At the same spotRef 2001550B00361
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,976 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 33, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2008558C04440 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.