Fatal A3040 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 1 April 2008 at 14:40 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A3040 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 14:40 on Tuesday 1 April 2008. The 29-year-old male cyclist was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 1 Apr 2008
- Tuesday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74236, longitude -1.9121, in the BH12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wallisdown & Winton West, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH10 4AJ 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
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008558P01359
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Poole
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3040
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 2002.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 19 June 2002
At the same spotRef 2002550P03367
Slight
KTM RC 125 crash on the A3040 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 September 2019
At the same spotRef 2019551901139
Slight
Jaguar X Type crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 20 August 2003
At the same spotRef 2003550P04411
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A3040 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 25 September 2019
1 m awayRef 2019551900956
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the A3040 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 20 April 2023
2 m awayRef 2023552300444
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A3040 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 30 November 2016
2 m awayRef 2016551602600
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
FatalMale, aged 29, on vehicle 1 (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 2008558P01359 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.