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A352 crash in Dorset on 24 May 1996 at 13:40 involving a Ford Escort

Two Ford Escorts, a Peugeot 205 and a Renault Safrane were involved in a crash on the A352 in Dorset at 13:40 on Friday 24 May 1996. The 53-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 205 was 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
24 May 1996
Friday, 13:40
Vehicles
4
Ford Escort and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.64665, longitude -2.41832, 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
19965596J2091
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
352
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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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 serious injury crash on 19 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 4: Renault Safrane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,165 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 205)

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 19965596J2091 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.