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Serious A352 crash in Dorset on 1 January 1998 at 08:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the A352 in Dorset at 08:05 on Thursday 1 January 1998. The 40-year-old female driver was seriously injured and a 49-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jan 1998
Thursday, 08:05
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86783, longitude -2.47742, in the DT9 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19985598D0002
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
352
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 19985598D0002 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 1998.