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C road crash in Dorset DT10 on 10 March 1993 at 09:05 involving a Bedford bus

A car and a Bedford bus were involved in a crash on a C road in Dorset at 09:05 on Wednesday 10 March 1993. The 19-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Mar 1993
Wednesday, 09:05
Vehicles
2
Car and Bedford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95249, longitude -2.33592, in the DT10 postcode district. The location was in the former North Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19935593W0835
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    466 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 19935593W0835 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 1993.