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A354 crash in Dorset on 12 April 1996 at 13:10 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A354 in Dorset at 13:10 on Friday 12 April 1996. The 76-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 70-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Apr 1996
Friday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Austin Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63218, longitude -2.46386, in the DT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weymouth. The location was in the former Weymouth and Portland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965596J1457
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
354
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 19965596J1457 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.