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Serious unclassified road crash in Dorset DT4 on 11 January 1979 at 09:10 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dorset at 09:10 on Thursday 11 January 1979. The 41-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 50-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Jan 1979
Thursday, 09:10
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.61395, longitude -2.45774, in the DT4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weymouth. The location was in the former Weymouth and Portland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979557910068
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1979557910068 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dorset road accident statistics for 1979.