B3068 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 17 February 2015 at 15:38 involving a Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle
A car and a Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 15:38 on Tuesday 17 February 2015. The 29-year-old male rider of the Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle was 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
- 17 Feb 2015
- Tuesday, 15:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Yamaha WR 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72817, longitude -2.01862, in the BH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Upton, Dorset. 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
- 2015555997976
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 1994.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 3 February 1994
2 m awayRef 19945594C0437
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 13 July 1979
2 m awayRef 1979557922653
Serious
Car crash on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 30 August 1986
2 m awayRef 1986558622941
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 26 October 1997
2 m awayRef 19975597P5267
Fatal
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 15 March 1996
2 m awayRef 19965596P1041
Serious
Car crash on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 25 October 1982
2 m awayRef 1982558223175
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 85 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha WR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha WR 125)
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 2015555997976 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.