B3068 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 7 December 2017 at 06:27 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and an Audi Q3 were involved in a crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 06:27 on Thursday 7 December 2017. The 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo and the 51-year-old male driver of the Audi Q3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2017
- Thursday, 06:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Audi Q3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71668, longitude -2.00745, in the BH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hamworthy, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH15 4HH 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
- 2017551701915
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Poole
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3068
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 26 January 2018.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 26 January 2018
1 m awayRef 2018551800145
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 9 August 2024
3 m awayRef 2024552401009
Slight
KTM 125 Duke crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 27 November 2015
4 m awayRef 2015551501440
Serious
Car crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 8 April 2015
4 m awayRef 2015555998484
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 27 May 2014
5 m awayRef 2014554C21493
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 June 2011
5 m awayRef 2011551C26828
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q3)
- 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 2017551701915 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.