A338 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 19 January 2012 at 16:50 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 16:50 on Thursday 19 January 2012. The 20-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jan 2012
- Thursday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 5 Series and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72326, longitude -1.87714, in the BH1 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012552C02817
- 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
- 338
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 338
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 20 June 2009.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 20 June 2009
At the same spotRef 2009559C02485
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 15 December 2014
At the same spotRef 2014554C52136
Slight
Mercedes Vaneo crash on the A347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 3 October 2008
At the same spotRef 2008558C04319
Slight
Tesla Model 3 crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2 February 2024
3 m awayRef 2024552400247
Serious
Yamaha GPD crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 28 May 2025
9 m awayRef 2025552500609
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 3 February 2000
10 m awayRef 2000550B00585
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 20, 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 2012552C02817 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 2012.