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A347 crash in Dorset on 26 June 1992 at 12:35 involving a Mazda 323

A Mazda 323 and a Talbot Alpine were involved in a crash on the A347 in Dorset at 12:35 on Friday 26 June 1992. A 16-year-old male passenger in the Mazda 323 and the 64-year-old female driver of the Talbot Alpine 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
26 Jun 1992
Friday, 12:35
Vehicles
2
Mazda 323 and Talbot Alpine
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78152, longitude -1.88151, in the BH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Parley. The location was in the former East Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19925592C0889
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
347
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
3073

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 10 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,071 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Talbot Alpine

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Talbot Alpine)

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 19925592C0889 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 1992.