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Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH10 on 28 October 2018 at 12:43 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 12:43 on Sunday 28 October 2018. The 54-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class, a 62-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes E Class and the 79-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 2018
Sunday, 12:43
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Mercedes E Class
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75996, longitude -1.88784, in the BH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kinson, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH10 7BH area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018551801303
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Bournemouth

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,987 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2018551801303 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.