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A348 crash in Dorset on 6 August 1998 at 13:30 involving a Volkswagen

A car and a Volkswagen were involved in a crash on the A348 in Dorset at 13:30 on Thursday 6 August 1998. The 53-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Aug 1998
Thursday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Volkswagen
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8023, longitude -1.88898, in the BH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ferndown. The location was in the former East Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19985598E3880
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
348
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    2,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,192 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 19985598E3880 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.