A35 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 11 December 2020 at 16:11 involving a Hyundai Getz
A bicycle and a Hyundai Getz were involved in a crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 16:11 on Friday 11 December 2020. The 31-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2020
- Friday, 16:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Hyundai Getz
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73411, longitude -1.8179, in the BH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boscombe East & Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH5 2JN 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
- 2020552001187
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 35
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Fine, 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2025.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 12 June 2025
1 m awayRef 2025552500662
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 May 2021
1 m awayRef 2021552100457
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 24 May 2017
2 m awayRef 2017551700817
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 8 March 2021
3 m awayRef 2021552100408
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 15 May 2016
3 m awayRef 2016551601032
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A35 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 16 July 2017
3 m awayRef 2017551701151
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Lane or location
- Cycle lane (on main carriageway)
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Getz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 31, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2020552001187 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 2020.