A338 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 21 December 2022 at 11:17 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class crashed on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 11:17 on Wednesday 21 December 2022. The 22-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2022
- Wednesday, 11:17
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72489, longitude -1.90514, in the BH12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westbourne & West Cliff, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH4 9EJ 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
- 2022552201550
- 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
- 338
- Road type
- Single 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 June 1979.
Serious
Car crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 23 June 1979
2 m awayRef 1979557922357
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 26 May 2018
6 m awayRef 2018551800701
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 8 May 2004
11 m awayRef 2004550B02199
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 12 September 1991
11 m awayRef 19915591E1151
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 31 July 2003
11 m awayRef 2003550B04021
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 1 September 2004
11 m awayRef 2004550B04311
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022552201550 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.