Serious A35 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 22 January 2009 at 07:30 involving a Citroen AX
A Citroen AX and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 07:30 on Thursday 22 January 2009. The 25-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Jan 2009
- Thursday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen AX and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73016, longitude -1.97631, in the BH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oakdale, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH15 3JS 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009559C00286
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Poole
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
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3093
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Auto traffic signal, out
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
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 slight injury crash on 14 February 2014.
Slight
Chevrolet Tacuma crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 14 February 2014
At the same spotRef 2014554C06339
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 28 February 2019
6 m awayRef 2019551900305
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2 September 2025
7 m awayRef 2025552501215
Serious
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2 November 2015
8 m awayRef 2015551501158
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the B3093 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 October 2020
9 m awayRef 2020552000989
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 26 June 1998
10 m awayRef 1998550P03177
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen AX)
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 2009559C00286 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 2009.