Serious B3066 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 21 October 2008 at 23:05 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus hit a pedestrian on the B3066 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 23:05 on Tuesday 21 October 2008. An 18-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Oct 2008
- Tuesday, 23:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72289, longitude -1.86538, in the BH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH1 1QJ 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008558C04649
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Bournemouth
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3066
- 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
- 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 January 2004.
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B3066 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 11 January 2004
At the same spotRef 2004550B00171
Serious
Car crash on the B3066 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 11 September 1987
At the same spotRef 1987558721951
Slight
Car crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 18 April 1981
10 m awayRef 1981558120995
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B3066 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 24 November 2006
10 m awayRef 2006556B05669
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the B3066 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 10 December 2004
10 m awayRef 2004550B06168
Slight
Taxi crash on the B3066 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 31 July 1988
10 m awayRef 1988558821058
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- 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 2008558C04649 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.