Unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH21 on 28 November 2023 at 13:00 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz, a Skoda Octavia and a Peugeot 107 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 13:00 on Tuesday 28 November 2023. The 80-year-old female driver of the Skoda Octavia and an 83-year-old male passenger in the Skoda Octavia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 2023
- Tuesday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Jazz and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77979, longitude -1.97467, in the BH21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bearwood & Merley, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH21 1RU 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
- 2023552301435
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 May 2025.
Serious
Suzuki Ignis crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 11 May 2025
30 m awayRef 2025552500530
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 12 October 2001
45 m awayRef 2001550P05388
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 1 May 2008
52 m awayRef 2008558C01839
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 6 October 1979
82 m awayRef 1979557924046
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 4 October 2010
148 m awayRef 2010550C43583
Slight
BMW K 100 LT crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 4 December 1992
202 m awayRef 19925592C1783
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2023552301435 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.