Serious A35 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 8 May 2018 at 17:30 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 17:30 on Tuesday 8 May 2018. The 39-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 May 2018
- Tuesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72532, longitude -1.96693, in the BH14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poole Town, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH15 2HP 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018551800652
- 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
- 35
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 3068
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 18 June 2025.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 18 June 2025
1 m awayRef 2025552500741
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 18 July 2025
2 m awayRef 2025552500837
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B3068 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 29 March 2022
2 m awayRef 2022552200385
Fatal
KTM 125 Duke crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 21 December 2021
3 m awayRef 2021552101393
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 19 February 2018
3 m awayRef 2018551800239
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 17 May 2015
3 m awayRef 2015555998860
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 39, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2018551800652 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.