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Serious A351 crash in Dorset on 8 April 2000 at 18:45 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A351 in Dorset at 18:45 on Saturday 8 April 2000. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Apr 2000
Saturday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7062, longitude -2.10066, in the BH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sandford. The location was in the former Purbeck district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000550E01649
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
351
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 2000550E01649 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 2000.