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B3073 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 21 July 2015 at 17:00 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B3073 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 17:00 on Tuesday 21 July 2015. A 23-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit van and the 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jul 2015
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73897, longitude -1.78254, in the BH23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Christchurch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Christchurch Town, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH23 1QN area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Christchurch district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015551500299
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3073
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
B
Second road number
3059

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

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 2015551500299 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 2015.