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Fatal A352 crash in Dorset on 11 December 1980 at 08:45 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A352 in Dorset at 08:45 on Thursday 11 December 1980. The 30-year-old male driver of the car was killed and the 47-year-old male driver of the van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
11 Dec 1980
Thursday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.68696, longitude -2.21384, in the BH20 postcode district. The location was in the former Purbeck district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980558012379
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
352
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 1980558012379 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 1980.