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Fatal unclassified road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH7 on 15 April 2025 at 22:41 involving a Yamaha YZF motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 22:41 on Tuesday 15 April 2025. The 23-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Apr 2025
Tuesday, 22:41
Vehicles
1
Yamaha YZF
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73323, longitude -1.81911, in the BH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boscombe East & Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH5 2JN 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025552500651
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
35

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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF)

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 2025552500651 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 2025.