B3068 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 12 December 2017 at 08:46 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Gilera Dna 50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 08:46 on Tuesday 12 December 2017. The 22-year-old male rider of the Gilera Dna 50 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2017
- Tuesday, 08:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Gilera Dna 50
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74387, longitude -1.94562, in the BH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. 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
- 2017551701959
- 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
- 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
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 6 October 2016.
Serious
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 6 October 2016
1 m awayRef 2016551602231
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 23 November 2023
2 m awayRef 2023552301413
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 20 July 2018
3 m awayRef 2018551801067
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 25 June 1979
3 m awayRef 1979557922399
Slight
Car crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 17 August 1995
3 m awayRef 19955595P3163
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 25 November 1997
3 m awayRef 19975597P5917
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Gilera Dna 50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Gilera Dna 50)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017551701959 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.