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A31 crash in Dorset on 14 March 1999 at 16:00 involving a Rover 100 Series

A Rover 100 Series and a Toyota Supra were involved in a crash on the A31 in Dorset at 16:00 on Sunday 14 March 1999. The 79-year-old male driver of the Rover 100 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Mar 1999
Sunday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 100 Series and Toyota Supra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81659, longitude -1.86483, in the BH22 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
19995599E1326
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
31

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Supra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 100 Series)

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 19995599E1326 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 1999.