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A31 crash in Dorset on 19 November 2000 at 17:45 involving a Renault 21

A Renault 21 and a car were involved in a crash on the A31 in Dorset at 17:45 on Sunday 19 November 2000. The 31-year-old female driver of the Renault 21 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Nov 2000
Sunday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Renault 21 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8165, longitude -1.86511, 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
2000550E05927
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
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
Dark, no street lighting
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 21)

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 2000550E05927 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.