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A357 crash in Dorset on 15 September 1998 at 10:54 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A357 in Dorset at 10:54 on Tuesday 15 September 1998. The 22-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Sep 1998
Tuesday, 10:54
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Peugeot 205
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88202, longitude -2.20805, in the DT11 postcode district. The location was in the former North Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19985598E4662
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
357
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

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 19985598E4662 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.