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A354 crash in Dorset on 29 December 1998 at 17:30 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 and a Renault 19 were involved in a crash on the A354 in Dorset at 17:30 on Tuesday 29 December 1998. The 31-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 205 and the 22-year-old male driver of the Renault 19 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 205 and Renault 19
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97302, longitude -1.95964, in the SP5 postcode district. 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
19985598E6698
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
354
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)

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 19985598E6698 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.