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Serious C road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH8 on 24 January 2023 at 21:50 involving a Citroen C1

A Citroen C1 hit a pedestrian on a C road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 21:50 on Tuesday 24 January 2023. A 61-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jan 2023
Tuesday, 21:50
Vehicles
1
Citroen C1
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72759, longitude -1.86163, in the BH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Cliff & Springbourne, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH1 3FD area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023552300166
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2023552300166 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 2023.