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Unclassified road crash in Dorset BH19 on 19 February 1998 at 12:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Fiat Tipo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dorset at 12:30 on Thursday 19 February 1998. The 23-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier, the 33-year-old female driver of the Fiat Tipo and a 58-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Tipo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Feb 1998
Thursday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Fiat Tipo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.61836, longitude -1.9803, in the BH19 postcode district. The location was in the former Purbeck district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19985598D0867
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 171 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,372 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tipo)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tipo)

    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 19985598D0867 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.