A3049 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 6 May 2018 at 16:15 involving a Toyota Auris taxi
A Toyota Auris taxi and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 16:15 on Sunday 6 May 2018. The 46-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 2018
- Sunday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Auris and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74719, longitude -1.91437, in the BH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wallisdown & Winton West, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH10 4AJ 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
- 2018551800522
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Poole
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3049
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 17 December 1987
7 m awayRef 1987558732771
Slight
Peugeot Vivacity crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 14 June 2013
11 m awayRef 2013553C23337
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 26 August 2004
11 m awayRef 2004550B04153
Slight
Car crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 May 1986
17 m awayRef 1986558621628
Slight
Honda Prelude crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 21 July 1990
17 m awayRef 19905590E0925
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 December 1980
27 m awayRef 1980558024604
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Auris
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018551800522 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 2018.