Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH3 on 7 October 2016 at 18:12 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 18:12 on Friday 7 October 2016. The 59-year-old female driver of the Toyota Prius and the 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta 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
- 7 Oct 2016
- Friday, 18:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7405, longitude -1.88165, in the BH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Talbot & Branksome Woods, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH3 7ND area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016551602246
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Bournemouth
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3049
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2022.
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2 December 2022
At the same spotRef 2022552201469
Slight
Qingqi QM 125 GY crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 5 October 2016
2 m awayRef 2016551602225
Slight
Dacia Duster crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 31 August 2021
3 m awayRef 2021552100851
Fatal
BMW 1 Series crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 10 July 2025
3 m awayRef 2025552500972
Serious
Renault Captur crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 7 March 2025
4 m awayRef 2025552500253
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 21 June 1984
4 m awayRef 1984558421965
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,791 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016551602246 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.