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B3069 crash in Dorset on 24 September 1998 at 21:50 involving a Renault 21

A Renault 21 crashed on the B3069 in Dorset at 21:50 on Thursday 24 September 1998. The 37-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Sep 1998
Thursday, 21:50
Vehicles
1
Renault 21
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.61331, longitude -2.05521, in the BH20 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
19985598E4854
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3069
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,068 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 21)

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 19985598E4854 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.