A3040 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 15 November 2017 at 07:37 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3040 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 07:37 on Wednesday 15 November 2017. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was 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
- 15 Nov 2017
- Wednesday, 07:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7379, longitude -1.91697, in the BH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alderney & Bourne Valley, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH12 4EA 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
- 2017551701801
- 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
- 3040
- 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
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 January 2021.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3040 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 23 January 2021
4 m awayRef 2021552100294
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A3040 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 24 November 2020
5 m awayRef 2020552001125
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 24 January 1985
5 m awayRef 1985558520274
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A3040 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 30 September 2013
5 m awayRef 2013553C40955
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 7 April 1981
5 m awayRef 1981558120885
Slight
Daihatsu HI-Jet crash on the A3040 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 10 July 2003
5 m awayRef 2003550P03589
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2017551701801 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.