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A338 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 17 November 2023 at 17:30 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Sport

A Land Rover Range Rover Sport and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A338 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 17:30 on Friday 17 November 2023. The 18-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Nov 2023
Friday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Range Rover Sport and Renault Clio
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74836, longitude -1.82773, in the BH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Littledown & Iford, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH7 7DP 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
2023552400151
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
338
Road type
Slip road
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
338

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Sport

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    2,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2023552400151 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.