A35 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 14 June 2018 at 14:44 involving a Mercedes lorry
A Mercedes lorry and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 14:44 on Thursday 14 June 2018. The 19-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jun 2018
- Thursday, 14:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73923, longitude -1.77025, in the BH23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Christchurch Town, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH23 1QN area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Christchurch district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018551800716
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Dorset
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 35
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3347
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 1999.
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 8 January 1999
4 m awayRef 19995599E0100
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 11 November 2017
5 m awayRef 2017551701785
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 April 2022
6 m awayRef 2022552200773
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 19 November 2025
7 m awayRef 2025552501530
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 22 March 2014
9 m awayRef 2014554D11593
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 1 April 2013
9 m awayRef 2013553D12649
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,809 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018551800716 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.