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C road crash in Dorset BH16 on 20 September 1985 at 08:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Dorset at 08:40 on Friday 20 September 1985. The 42-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and an 11-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Sep 1985
Friday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75781, longitude -2.0765, in the BH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lytchett Matravers. The location was in the former Purbeck district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985558523221
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1985558523221 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 1985.