A338 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 27 December 2015 at 16:58 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 16:58 on Sunday 27 December 2015. The 24-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2015
- Sunday, 16:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72257, longitude -1.88897, in the BH2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westbourne & West Cliff, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH4 9EJ 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
- 2015551501671
- 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
- 40 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
- B
- Second road number
- 3066
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 2016.
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A388 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 4 July 2016
2 m awayRef 2016551601451
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 13 April 2024
2 m awayRef 2024552400436
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 6 November 2017
3 m awayRef 2017551701759
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 1 September 2020
5 m awayRef 2020552100197
Slight
Kia Sedona crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 19 January 2008
6 m awayRef 2008558B00310
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 17 August 2007
6 m awayRef 2007557B03878
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2015551501671 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.