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A3049 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 5 October 2015 at 13:19 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a car were involved in a crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 13:19 on Monday 5 October 2015. The 18-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Oct 2015
Monday, 13:19
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73165, longitude -1.84174, 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
2015551500697
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2015551500697 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.