A35 crash in Dorset on 25 April 2000 at 15:10 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a car were involved in a crash on the A35 in Dorset at 15:10 on Tuesday 25 April 2000. The 26-year-old male driver of the car and a 21-year-old female passenger in the car 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
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Apr 2000
- Tuesday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71809, longitude -2.41502, in the DT2 postcode district. The location was in the former West Dorset district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000550W01950
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 35
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2022.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A35 in Dorset, 16 December 2022
4 m awayRef 2022552300269
Serious
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A35 in Dorset, 14 March 2011
10 m awayRef 2011551D11482
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A35 in Dorset, 4 July 1995
10 m awayRef 19955595D2471
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A35 in Dorset, 22 September 2006
10 m awayRef 2006556W04488
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A35 in Dorset, 7 January 2018
14 m awayRef 2018551800030
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A35 in Dorset, 29 May 2016
15 m awayRef 2016551601136
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2000550W01950 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.