Skip to main content
CrashStats

A347 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 8 September 2017 at 11:50 involving a Hyundai Getz

A Hyundai Getz and a Citroen Berlingo van were involved in a crash on the A347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 11:50 on Friday 8 September 2017. A 36-year-old male passenger in the Hyundai Getz and the 81-year-old male driver of the Citroen Berlingo van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 2017
Friday, 11:50
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Getz and Citroen Berlingo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75196, longitude -1.88581, in the BH9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Redhill & Northbourne, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH10 5DH area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017551701454
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Bournemouth

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
347
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Getz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Getz)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 81, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)

    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 2017551701454 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 2017.