B3066 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 26 July 2018 at 17:21 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the B3066 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 17:21 on Thursday 26 July 2018. The 30-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class 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
- 26 Jul 2018
- Thursday, 17:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71666, longitude -1.88362, in the BH2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH2 5NW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018551800918
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Bournemouth
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3066
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 2004.
Slight
Alfa Romeo 156 crash on the B3066 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 27 January 2004
2 m awayRef 2004550B00489
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B3066 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 5 November 2009
2 m awayRef 2009559C04548
Serious
Car crash on the B3066 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 29 October 2004
2 m awayRef 2004550B05550
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the B3066 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 10 January 2019
4 m awayRef 2019551900271
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 27 November 1983
8 m awayRef 1983558323752
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 11 November 1988
8 m awayRef 1988558821585
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)
- 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 2018551800918 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.