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B3157 crash in Dorset on 17 August 1996 at 07:15 involving an Austin Metro

A car and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the B3157 in Dorset at 07:15 on Saturday 17 August 1996. The 34-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1996
Saturday, 07:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.6752, longitude -2.62972, 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
19965596J3503
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
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 19965596J3503 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.