A35 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 30 April 2016 at 12:48 involving a Seat Leon
A Seat Leon and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 12:48 on Saturday 30 April 2016. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Apr 2016
- Saturday, 12:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Leon and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73737, longitude -2.00039, in the BH17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. It is one of the crashes that make up the Creekmoor, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH17 7XR 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
- 2016551600913
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Poole
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 35
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2001.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 28 February 2001
11 m awayRef 2001550P01076
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 September 2014
30 m awayRef 2014554C38522
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 15 October 1983
32 m awayRef 1983558323227
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2 October 2022
48 m awayRef 2022552201206
Fatal
Car crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 14 August 1985
51 m awayRef 1985558522762
Serious
Car crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 19 November 1988
71 m awayRef 1988558832048
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016551600913 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.