A348 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 30 April 2019 at 17:55 involving a Saab 9-3
A Saab 9-3 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 17:55 on Tuesday 30 April 2019. The 29-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Apr 2019
- Tuesday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Saab 9-3 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75778, longitude -1.92707, in the BH11 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, BH11 8LW 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
- 2019551900436
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 348
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2021.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 25 February 2021
9 m awayRef 2021552100348
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 12 May 2006
16 m awayRef 2006556B02190
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 18 February 2012
18 m awayRef 2012552C06870
Slight
Piaggio NRG crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 22 February 2010
21 m awayRef 20105500C0691
Slight
Van crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 24 March 1995
21 m awayRef 19955595B1134
Slight
Volvo crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 5 July 2021
22 m awayRef 2021552100858
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2019551900436 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 2019.