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B3072 crash in Dorset on 23 December 2002 at 16:05 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio crashed on the B3072 in Dorset at 16:05 on Monday 23 December 2002. The 27-year-old female driver and a 5-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 2002
Monday, 16:05
Vehicles
1
Renault Clio
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86417, longitude -1.86981, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002552E07296
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3072
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights unlit
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 13 September 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

    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 2002552E07296 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 2002.