A341 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 2 August 2024 at 18:09 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
A motorcycle and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 18:09 on Friday 2 August 2024. The 58-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2024
- Friday, 18:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Transit Custom
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76887, longitude -1.91139, in the BH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. The location was in the former Bournemouth district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024552400936
- 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
- 341
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 13 July 2016
3 m awayRef 2016551601548
Slight
Car crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 30 March 1981
5 m awayRef 1981558120820
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 4 December 1996
5 m awayRef 19965596B5373
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 7 November 1983
5 m awayRef 1983558323510
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 27 November 2008
5 m awayRef 2008558C05232
Slight
Van crash on the A341 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 20 January 1995
5 m awayRef 19955595B0250
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 km
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 2024552400936 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 2024.