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Serious B3143 crash in Dorset on 4 January 1998 at 08:29 involving a Seat Ibiza

A Seat Ibiza crashed on the B3143 in Dorset at 08:29 on Sunday 4 January 1998. The 51-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Jan 1998
Sunday, 08:29
Vehicles
1
Seat Ibiza
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79925, longitude -2.42167, in the DT2 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
19985598D0109
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3143
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 117 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,193 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)

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 19985598D0109 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.