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Serious A31 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 30 April 2022 at 12:24 involving a Suzuki GSXS motorcycle

A Suzuki GSXS motorcycle and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A31 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 12:24 on Saturday 30 April 2022. The 56-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXS motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Apr 2022
Saturday, 12:24
Vehicles
2
Suzuki GSXS and Ford Galaxy
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78858, longitude -1.9743, in the BH21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bearwood & Merley, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH21 1RU area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Poole district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022552200502
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
31
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXS

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXS)

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 2022552200502 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 2022.