Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH10 on 21 December 2019 at 18:22 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 18:22 on Saturday 21 December 2019. A 39-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes E Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2019
- Saturday, 18:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75709, longitude -1.88813, in the BH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Redhill & Northbourne, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH10 5DH 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
- 2019552000169
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2022.
Slight
Vauxhall Adam crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 10 August 2022
4 m awayRef 2022552200946
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 3 February 2001
8 m awayRef 2001550B00645
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 14 March 1980
8 m awayRef 1980558020977
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 9 May 1991
8 m awayRef 19915591E0579
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 11 April 1995
8 m awayRef 19955595B1337
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 29 March 1979
8 m awayRef 1979557921157
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019552000169 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.