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Fatal B3390 crash in Dorset on 16 January 1986 at 21:50 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B3390 in Dorset at 21:50 on Thursday 16 January 1986. A 75-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Jan 1986
Thursday, 21:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.69244, longitude -2.33151, in the DT2 postcode district. The location was in the former West Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986558610075
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3390
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 1986558610075 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 1986.