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A350 crash in Dorset on 9 December 2000 at 22:05 involving a Fiat Cinquecento

A Fiat Cinquecento and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A350 in Dorset at 22:05 on Saturday 9 December 2000. The 23-year-old female driver of the Fiat Cinquecento was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Dec 2000
Saturday, 22:05
Vehicles
2
Fiat Cinquecento and Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84885, longitude -2.16048, in the DT11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blandford Forum. The location was in the former North Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000550E06338
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
350
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
354

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 4 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Cinquecento)

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 2000550E06338 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.