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Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH18 on 2 July 2019 at 14:14 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volkswagen UP were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 14:14 on Tuesday 2 July 2019. An 81-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen UP was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jul 2019
Tuesday, 14:14
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Volkswagen UP
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74655, longitude -2.00088, in the BH18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Poole. It is one of the crashes that make up the Creekmoor, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH18 8HR area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Poole district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019551900646
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen UP

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen UP)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2019551900646 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.