Serious A35 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 2 November 2015 at 15:00 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Citroen Dispatch van were involved in a crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 15:00 on Monday 2 November 2015. A 19-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Vivaro van was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Nov 2015
- Monday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vivaro and Citroen Dispatch
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7302, longitude -1.97619, 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
- 2015551501158
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- Crossroads
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2025.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2 September 2025
3 m awayRef 2025552501215
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 28 February 2019
6 m awayRef 2019551900305
Slight
Chevrolet Tacuma crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 14 February 2014
8 m awayRef 2014554C06339
Serious
Citroen AX crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 22 January 2009
8 m awayRef 2009559C00286
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 29 June 2013
10 m awayRef 2013553C25842
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 30 March 2018
11 m awayRef 2018551800396
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Dispatch
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2015551501158 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.