Police warn A31 crash Volvo driver: This is not going to go away

8:27am Tuesday 5th March 2013 in News

A Volvo like the one police are searching for A Volvo like the one police are searching for

SENIOR investigating officer Insp Matt Butler says the driver of the Volvo involved in the collision which killed Jade Clark must come forward.

Speaking at yesterday's emotional press conference, where Jade's mum made a tearful appeal for the driver to come forward, he told the Daily Echo: “You have just seen how traumatised and devastated their lives are, that’s why we’re here today.

“We know that Jade was riding her moped along the A31 when she was struck from behind by a Volvo XC90.

“The Volvo XC90 left the scene before the police arrived.

“We are now trying to locate the driver of that XC90 and it’s so important that Jade’s family have come here today and gone through all that trauma again to get that message across to as many people as possible to say that we do need the public’s help to find this XC90.

“It will have damage to the front. We believe that the driver of the vehicle will know and will have realised that the collision has happened, due to the damage on the front.

“To the public I would say if you see a Volvo XC90 with damage to the front, please do call Dorset Police – 01202 222222.

“To the driver of the vehicle, this is not going to go away, it has to be dealt with – the sooner you come forward and speak to us the better it is for everyone concerned to get the matter resolved, not just for the family, but for the driver too.

“At the press conference today we have been talking about the entire South Coast, it’s a trunk road, it’s part of the primary road network, potentially that vehicle could have travelled to anywhere or from anywhere along the South Coast, potentially even into London, so at the moment our enquiry focuses on the whole South Coast.

“As and when it needs to it will move further up-country.”

Members of the public will be eligible for the cash reward if they call the Crimestoppers line – 0800 555 111 – with information that leads to the arrest and charge of an offender.

Witnesses and anyone with information can call Dorset Police on 101, quoting incident number 24:393.

Comments(32)

aerolover says...
8:56am Tue 5 Mar 13

To the Police Inspector, how many silver Volvo XC90's are there in this area or in this country? It's not as if Volvo is a popular car so might only be a few in the area.

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crispy_pants says...
9:01am Tue 5 Mar 13

So why don't the police ask DVLA.
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Surely they know where there are Volvo XC90's in the area.

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Time_Traveller says...
9:02am Tue 5 Mar 13

aerolover wrote:
To the Police Inspector, how many silver Volvo XC90's are there in this area or in this country? It's not as if Volvo is a popular car so might only be a few in the area.
The pic of a silver car is only to show the make and model. According to Meridian News last night, the Police don't actually know what colour the vehicle was!

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BIGTONE says...
9:10am Tue 5 Mar 13

Time_Traveller wrote:
aerolover wrote:
To the Police Inspector, how many silver Volvo XC90's are there in this area or in this country? It's not as if Volvo is a popular car so might only be a few in the area.
The pic of a silver car is only to show the make and model. According to Meridian News last night, the Police don't actually know what colour the vehicle was!
It will not matter what the colour was because if they track down the vehicle they will know from the damage or repairs undertaken. The police will have already liaised with DVLA and they are giving the driver a final chance to come forward before they start to trace all owners of XC90's nationwide.then the driver will be in deep poo poo when they catch them.

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Piston_Broke says...
9:11am Tue 5 Mar 13

aerolover wrote:
To the Police Inspector, how many silver Volvo XC90's are there in this area or in this country? It's not as if Volvo is a popular car so might only be a few in the area.
In the third quarter of 2012, DVLA had over 44,000 live registrations and 252 SORN for the 82 variants of the Volvo XC90, so it's not quite so straightforward.

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skipster says...
9:34am Tue 5 Mar 13

Although unlikely, who is to say that the Volvo was not foreign registered?

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lemonhead says...
10:06am Tue 5 Mar 13

I have shared this story on my facebook page,with a picture of the said vehicle,so the more people that do this the more likely a garage or someone who knows the driver will contact the police,facebook is good for spreading this type of thing,and i hope the driver comes forward as it is awful to drive away and leave anyone laying in the road

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Lord Spring says...
10:08am Tue 5 Mar 13

crispy_pants wrote:
So why don't the police ask DVLA.
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Surely they know where there are Volvo XC90's in the area.
They dont have to ask the DVLA. it is a case of now checking out physically.

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speedy231278 says...
10:58am Tue 5 Mar 13

It's very good that the Police are attempting to bring justice in the case of this accident. So why have they not appealed against the CPS decision not to allow prosecution of the driver who was involved in the collision that killed David Bartholomew?

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scrumpyjack says...
11:21am Tue 5 Mar 13

Piston_Broke wrote:
aerolover wrote:
To the Police Inspector, how many silver Volvo XC90's are there in this area or in this country? It's not as if Volvo is a popular car so might only be a few in the area.
In the third quarter of 2012, DVLA had over 44,000 live registrations and 252 SORN for the 82 variants of the Volvo XC90, so it's not quite so straightforward.
Whoa there! Don't be coming on here with some facts and a reality check.

This site is for hysterical Miss Marples bleating on that they know best and they are disgusted by the Police just sitting back scratching their heads and doing nothing.

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Cherry19 says...
11:57am Tue 5 Mar 13

Let's stayed focused on the issue, a young girl lost her life and from what the Police are saying, she was upright riding when she was hit... her family needs answers ... perhaps the Police could have been a little more serious and made a better TV campaign early on as things are fresh in the mind, but we are not part of the investigation so how can we comment... let us hope the driver comes forward soon ... someone must know something!

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speedy231278 says...
1:02pm Tue 5 Mar 13

scrumpyjack wrote:
speedy231278 wrote:
It's very good that the Police are attempting to bring justice in the case of this accident. So why have they not appealed against the CPS decision not to allow prosecution of the driver who was involved in the collision that killed David Bartholomew?
They have.

Dam(n) and you thought you could use this sad event as another chance to have a go at a little bit more police bashing.
No, because I wasn't bashing the Police, as they wanted to prosecute.

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scrumpyjack says...
1:06pm Tue 5 Mar 13

speedy231278 wrote:
scrumpyjack wrote:
speedy231278 wrote:
It's very good that the Police are attempting to bring justice in the case of this accident. So why have they not appealed against the CPS decision not to allow prosecution of the driver who was involved in the collision that killed David Bartholomew?
They have.

Dam(n) and you thought you could use this sad event as another chance to have a go at a little bit more police bashing.
No, because I wasn't bashing the Police, as they wanted to prosecute.
YOU wrote :'It's very good that the Police are attempting to bring justice...........So why have they not appealed against the CPS decision not to allow prosecution of the driver who was involved in the collision that killed David Bartholomew?'

Bascailly a snidey 'one rule for them and one rule for others'.

But hey if you want to now try and pretend otherwise...

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spooki says...
1:08pm Tue 5 Mar 13

I think I've missed something, how do they know it's a Volvo XC90? But dont know the colour? It's not just Ringwood they'd have to search, it could be literally anywhere by now. With all the electronic gadgetry about, you'd think it would be easier to track down.

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alanhl says...
1:12pm Tue 5 Mar 13

I think it's sad that certain people are using this tragic event to try to further reducing the speed limit to 50 mph. it would have made no difference in this case as the driver was simply not driving with full concentration and lowering the speed limit would only exacerbate that problem.

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scrumpyjack says...
1:16pm Tue 5 Mar 13

spooki wrote:
I think I've missed something, how do they know it's a Volvo XC90? But dont know the colour? It's not just Ringwood they'd have to search, it could be literally anywhere by now. With all the electronic gadgetry about, you'd think it would be easier to track down.
Without a number plate how are they supposed to do that?

You thinking 'it would be 'easy'' and all.

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Roband65 says...
1:35pm Tue 5 Mar 13

I am surprised that the colour silver was spotted in the dark but no details at all of the registration plate did the car actually stop and then drive off

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Piston_Broke says...
2:21pm Tue 5 Mar 13

The police have NOT confirmed the wanted car is silver. It could be any colour.

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Dont drop litter says...
2:32pm Tue 5 Mar 13

spooki wrote:
I think I've missed something, how do they know it's a Volvo XC90? But dont know the colour? It's not just Ringwood they'd have to search, it could be literally anywhere by now. With all the electronic gadgetry about, you'd think it would be easier to track down.
I was going to ask the same thing. How come they don't know the colour but know the exact model of the vehicle?
The following cars must have at least been able to give some idea of the colour - even in the dark, but to point out the exact model? i wouldn't know an XC70 from an XC90 personally.
Surely there must be some remenant of paint or evidence of some kind?
The thing that worries me is that if the car isn't found soon it may vanish onto a container ship and never been seen again.

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MisterGrimsdale says...
3:17pm Tue 5 Mar 13

I imagine the police are not just sitting around waiting for the phone to ring, but are methodically sifting through the evidence from many road cameras, tracking the progress of the wanted car and the net will slowly and irrevocably close. The police may already have obtained images of the wanted car from traffic cameras which is why they are certain of the make /model. The DVLA records will have been obtained and are also slowly being reduced as the likely target area reduces. The driver needs to wise up quickly and come forward, and pray the police get to them before the public do.

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Old Harry says...
4:17pm Tue 5 Mar 13

alanhl wrote:
I think it's sad that certain people are using this tragic event to try to further reducing the speed limit to 50 mph. it would have made no difference in this case as the driver was simply not driving with full concentration and lowering the speed limit would only exacerbate that problem.
Let's stay on facts here. There is absolutely no evidence in the public domain that the driver of the Volvo was driving without the necessary concentration. There are a number of scenarios which could have led to the impact.

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all4one says...
4:20pm Tue 5 Mar 13

the daily echo have published a few articles where they have said they police are looking for a silver Volvo XC90. however in one of the most recent ones they are now saying they are not sure if it actually was silver! make up your minds and tell us what to keep an eye out for!
and they have not let us know what damage the volvo has? broken lights, scratches or a full dent in the front?? what are we looking for!!!!!???

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Reemul says...
6:08pm Tue 5 Mar 13

I was at a garage in Christchurch on Saturday buying a new car, they had a Volvo XC90 there for sale and a police officer turned up making enquiries because they had one there.

The police are definitely tracking them all down but the location isnt great for where it was going to or coming from, may not even be local not like it was a side or local road but a major through road. It's just going to take time.

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peter_c says...
6:10pm Tue 5 Mar 13

They could've known it was an XC90 from any potential debris left by the hit and run driver, as they may have visible part numbers on them which can be traced to a specific type of vehicle. Although I personally think if they had pictures of the offending car on camera they would've already gone after the driver, as its just extending the families anguish by not acting (NOT police bashing, just an observation...)

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throatwarbler says...
6:18pm Tue 5 Mar 13

MisterGrimsdale wrote:
I imagine the police are not just sitting around waiting for the phone to ring, but are methodically sifting through the evidence from many road cameras, tracking the progress of the wanted car and the net will slowly and irrevocably close. The police may already have obtained images of the wanted car from traffic cameras which is why they are certain of the make /model. The DVLA records will have been obtained and are also slowly being reduced as the likely target area reduces. The driver needs to wise up quickly and come forward, and pray the police get to them before the public do.
if they have images from cameras from which they have confirmed the make and model wouldn't they have a pretty good idea of the colour?

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fossilmole says...
8:48pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Priority time for police to get every Volvo XC90 off the DVLA database and get the arm of the law to be knocking on doors nationwide.

There cannot be a huge amount of this particular model and it wouldn't take many days for a team of officers in each police district to check them all out.

We owe this to this young girl's family. RIP.

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scrumpyjack says...
9:59pm Tue 5 Mar 13

fossilmole wrote:
Priority time for police to get every Volvo XC90 off the DVLA database and get the arm of the law to be knocking on doors nationwide.

There cannot be a huge amount of this particular model and it wouldn't take many days for a team of officers in each police district to check them all out.

We owe this to this young girl's family. RIP.
44.5k doors takes a lot knocking but yeah 2 days should be enough.

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scrumpyjack says...
10:09pm Tue 5 Mar 13

scrumpyjack wrote:
fossilmole wrote:
Priority time for police to get every Volvo XC90 off the DVLA database and get the arm of the law to be knocking on doors nationwide.

There cannot be a huge amount of this particular model and it wouldn't take many days for a team of officers in each police district to check them all out.

We owe this to this young girl's family. RIP.
44.5k doors takes a lot knocking but yeah 2 days should be enough.
Knock knock. Was it you? No. OK bye.

knock knock was it you? No. Ok bye.

Yeah should be no real effort if they were really trying.

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JuliaM says...
7:15am Wed 6 Mar 13

In seperate news, police commissioner warns police 'And neither is the case of Collette Carpenter!'

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davecook says...
9:34am Thu 7 Mar 13

No point in rushing this investigation, plenty of evidence from traffic cameras to wade through, that can be corroborated with eye witness accounts, forensic evidence etc. Knowing first hand how the police deal with fatal accidents, and how carefully they work through all the evidence, I have no doubt the driver of the Volvo will be found in due course.

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davecook says...
9:52am Thu 7 Mar 13

I'll add to my comment above, itt is possible an owner of a Volvo CX90 is suddenly keeping their car hidden away a bit, so nobody can see the damage to the front. If I knew of such a car, suddenly garaged or had been in for a repair, I'd be inclined to let the police know. It would probably be a coincidence, but no point in sitting on potential knowledge.

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moost says...
6:37pm Thu 7 Mar 13

speedy231278 wrote:
It's very good that the Police are attempting to bring justice in the case of this accident. So why have they not appealed against the CPS decision not to allow prosecution of the driver who was involved in the collision that killed David Bartholomew?
If you read quotes from the family the police did appeal it

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