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Serious A356 crash in Dorset on 30 December 1986 at 18:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A356 in Dorset at 18:25 on Tuesday 30 December 1986. The 47-year-old female driver of vehicle 1, the 34-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 37-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were seriously injured. The location was in the former West Dorset district.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Dec 1986
Tuesday, 18:25
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986558611942
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
356
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1986558611942 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.