A347 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 15 May 2022 at 22:11 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 22:11 on Sunday 15 May 2022. The 23-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2022
- Sunday, 22:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76193, longitude -1.87492, in the BH10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moordown, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH9 2TX 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
- 2022552200560
- 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
- 347
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3060
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2018.
Slight
Toyota Verso crash on the A347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 19 November 2018
2 m awayRef 2018551900062
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 12 June 2006
3 m awayRef 2006556B02727
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 4 December 2002
3 m awayRef 2002550B06969
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 24 September 2021
4 m awayRef 2021552100973
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 26 July 2025
4 m awayRef 2025552501367
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3060 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 11 January 2010
8 m awayRef 20105500C0134
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,950 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 23, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022552200560 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.