A3049 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 16 March 2010 at 18:51 involving a Mazda 6
A car, a Mazda 6 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 18:51 on Tuesday 16 March 2010. The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Mar 2010
- Tuesday, 18:51
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mazda 6 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7314, longitude -1.8417, in the BH1 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
- 20105500C1002
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Bournemouth
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3049
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 2004.
Slight
Proton Persona Compact crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 5 March 2004
At the same spotRef 2004550B01083
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 13 October 2015
6 m awayRef 2015551500768
Serious
Renault Modus crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 7 May 2025
6 m awayRef 2025552500536
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 9 August 2005
10 m awayRef 2005555B03734
Slight
Dennis crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 15 February 2012
10 m awayRef 2012552C06538
Slight
Car crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 3 July 1981
14 m awayRef 1981558121724
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 6
Car
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
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 20105500C1002 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 2010.