A3049 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 8 August 2022 at 22:54 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo crashed on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 22:54 on Monday 8 August 2022. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Aug 2022
- Monday, 22:54
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75123, longitude -1.93632, in the BH12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown & Heatherlands, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH12 4NQ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Poole district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022552200942
- 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
- 3049
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 3049
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 2025.
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A348 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 18 September 2025
2 m awayRef 2025552501156
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 13 September 1999
3 m awayRef 1999550P02532
Slight
Fiat Seicento crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 8 December 2009
3 m awayRef 2009559C05094
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 22 January 2013
3 m awayRef 2013553C02831
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 31 March 1998
3 m awayRef 1998550P01521
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A3049 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 11 March 2017
6 m awayRef 2017551700449
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022552200942 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.