C road crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH1 on 15 December 2025 at 19:56 involving a Hyundai i10
Five vehicles, including a Hyundai i10 and a Mercedes C Class, were involved in a crash on a C road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 19:56 on Monday 15 December 2025. The 24-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Fox were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Monday, 19:56
- Vehicles
- 5
- Hyundai i10 and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71969, longitude -1.87533, in the BH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bournemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH1 1QJ 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
- 2025552600093
- Council area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- One way street
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2002.
Slight
Austin Montego crash on a C road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 26 September 2002
7 m awayRef 2002550B05369
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 5 September 1995
8 m awayRef 19955595B3474
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2 June 1993
9 m awayRef 19935593E2053
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 24 February 1989
29 m awayRef 19895589E0236
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 14 May 1982
29 m awayRef 1982558221272
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 4 October 1995
29 m awayRef 19955595B3910
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 4: Volkswagen Fox
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 5: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volkswagen Fox)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2025552600093 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.