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A31 crash in Dorset on 12 April 2003 at 16:35 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the A31 in Dorset at 16:35 on Saturday 12 April 2003. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Citroen ZX and a 55-year-old male passenger in the Citroen ZX were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Apr 2003
Saturday, 16:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Citroen ZX
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78207, longitude -2.13203, in the DT11 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
2003553E01859
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2003553E01859 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 2003.