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A354 crash in Dorset on 23 September 1993 at 17:10 involving a Morris Ital

A Morris Ital and a Lada Riva were involved in a crash on the A354 in Dorset at 17:10 on Thursday 23 September 1993. The 40-year-old female driver of the Morris Ital, the 43-year-old male driver of the Lada Riva and a 6-year-old female passenger in the Lada Riva were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Sep 1993
Thursday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Morris Ital and Lada Riva
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.69257, longitude -2.45284, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19935593W3791
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
354
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris Ital

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lada Riva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,452 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Morris Ital)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada Riva)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada Riva)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 19935593W3791 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.