A3049 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 12 August 2016 at 18:29 involving a Volkswagen UP
A car, a Volkswagen UP and a Mitsubishi Colt were involved in a crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 18:29 on Friday 12 August 2016. The 21-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen UP was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Aug 2016
- Friday, 18:29
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen UP and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7536, longitude -1.9485, in the BH17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown & Heatherlands, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH12 4NQ 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
- 2016551601829
- 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
- 3049
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2023.
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 21 February 2023
2 m awayRef 2023552300244
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 24 December 2013
3 m awayRef 2013553C53766
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 28 January 2000
3 m awayRef 2000550P00469
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 6 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025552501408
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 22 January 2016
6 m awayRef 2016551600341
Slight
Yamaha FZS 1000 crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 15 February 2016
7 m awayRef 2016551600428
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen UP
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mitsubishi Colt
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen UP)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016551601829 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.