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B3157 crash in Dorset on 6 January 1996 at 19:25 involving a Honda Accord

A Honda Accord crashed on the B3157 in Dorset at 19:25 on Saturday 6 January 1996. The 69-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1996
Saturday, 19:25
Vehicles
1
Honda Accord
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.66754, longitude -2.61618, in the DT3 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
19965596J0070
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3157
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Accord

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,829 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)

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 19965596J0070 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 1996.