A350 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 22 July 2016 at 15:03 involving a Volkswagen Bora
A Volkswagen Bora, a BMW 3 Series and a Hyundai ix20 were involved in a crash on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 15:03 on Friday 22 July 2016. The 63-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Bora, the 41-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series and the 64-year-old female driver of the Hyundai ix20 were 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
- 22 Jul 2016
- Friday, 15:03
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Bora and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71559, longitude -1.9885, in the BH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poole Town, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH15 1NE 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
- 2016551601670
- 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
- 350
- 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
- C
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2019.
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 14 April 2019
5 m awayRef 2019551900546
Serious
Audi Q3 crash on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 15 December 2016
8 m awayRef 2016551602710
Serious
Harley-Davidson XL 883 crash on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 21 May 2019
9 m awayRef 2019551900581
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 10 April 2021
9 m awayRef 2021552100473
Slight
Leyland DAF 400 crash on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 23 December 1997
10 m awayRef 19975597P6523
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A350 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 4 August 1979
10 m awayRef 1979557923025
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Bora
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Hyundai ix20
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Bora)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Hyundai ix20)
- 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 2016551601670 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.