A341 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 18 February 2015 at 20:18 involving a Zontes ZT 125 motorcycle
A Zontes ZT 125 motorcycle and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 20:18 on Wednesday 18 February 2015. The 24-year-old male rider of the Zontes ZT 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Feb 2015
- Wednesday, 20:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Zontes ZT 125 and Mazda 3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7691, longitude -1.90349, in the BH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kinson, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH10 5HF area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015555997998
- 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
- 341
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2024.
Slight
Suzuki GSXR crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 29 August 2024
2 m awayRef 2024552401021
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 29 December 1980
4 m awayRef 1980558024759
Slight
Car crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 26 October 1979
4 m awayRef 1979557924354
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 20 January 1984
4 m awayRef 1984558420210
Slight
Car crash on the A347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 27 August 1983
4 m awayRef 1983558322637
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 26 March 1982
4 m awayRef 1982558220793
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Zontes ZT 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Zontes ZT 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 2015555997998 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.