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A338 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 16 March 2016 at 08:24 involving a Peugeot 206

A Peugeot 206 and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 08:24 on Wednesday 16 March 2016. A 36-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Tiguan and the 32-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Tiguan were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Mar 2016
Wednesday, 08:24
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 206 and Volkswagen Tiguan
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72299, longitude -1.9075, in the BH13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. 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 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
2016551600615
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Poole

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
338
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 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
A
Second road number
35

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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Tiguan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

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 2016551600615 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 2016.