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Serious B3078 crash in Dorset on 21 May 1999 at 17:39 involving a Saab 900

A Saab 900 and a Daihatsu Fourtrak were involved in a crash on the B3078 in Dorset at 17:39 on Friday 21 May 1999. The 69-year-old male driver of the Saab 900 was seriously injured and the 46-year-old female driver of the Daihatsu Fourtrak and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Daihatsu Fourtrak were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
21 May 1999
Friday, 17:39
Vehicles
2
Saab 900 and Daihatsu Fourtrak
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83097, longitude -1.99216, in the BH21 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19995599E2329
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3078
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 900

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Fourtrak

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,765 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 900)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat 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 19995599E2329 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.