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A31 crash in Dorset on 27 December 2002 at 16:45 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and a Daewoo Matiz were involved in a crash on the A31 in Dorset at 16:45 on Friday 27 December 2002. The 67-year-old female driver of the Daewoo Matiz was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2002
Friday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and Daewoo Matiz
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81633, longitude -1.86639, in the BH22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Leonards & St Ives, Dorset, BH24 2FL area accident hotspot. 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
2002552E07360
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daewoo Matiz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Matiz)

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 2002552E07360 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.