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A353 crash in Dorset on 3 August 1998 at 10:10 involving a Leyland National bus

A Leyland National bus and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A353 in Dorset at 10:10 on Monday 3 August 1998. A 76-year-old female passenger in the Leyland National bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Aug 1998
Monday, 10:10
Vehicles
2
Leyland National and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.61505, longitude -2.45252, in the DT4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weymouth. The location was in the former Weymouth and Portland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19985598W3871
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
353
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
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 8 June 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland National

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 19985598W3871 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.