B3068 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 23 November 2015 at 14:14 involving a Scania bus
A Scania bus crashed on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 14:14 on Monday 23 November 2015. An 87-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Nov 2015
- Monday, 14:14
- Vehicles
- 1
- Scania
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72515, longitude -2.0155, in the BH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hamworthy, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH16 5AA 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015551600124
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Poole
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3068
- 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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 1997.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 25 March 1997
5 m awayRef 19975597P1445
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B3063 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 18 September 2003
13 m awayRef 2003550P04892
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 24 November 2008
13 m awayRef 2008558C05192
Slight
Car crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 28 December 2001
15 m awayRef 2001550P06961
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 28 June 1999
23 m awayRef 1999550P02912
Slight
MCW crash on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 27 April 1994
26 m awayRef 19945594C1485
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 87, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
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 2015551600124 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.