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A348 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 9 July 2022 at 08:05 involving a goods vehicle

A goods vehicle and a mobility scooter were involved in a crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 08:05 on Saturday 9 July 2022. The 61-year-old male rider of the mobility scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jul 2022
Saturday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
Goods vehicle and mobility scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75275, longitude -1.93373, in the BH12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kinson, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH11 8LW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Poole district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022552200825
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
348
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    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
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Mobility scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, mobility scooter rider, on vehicle 2 (Mobility scooter)

    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 2022552200825 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.