A352 crash in Dorset on 15 July 2003 at 11:10 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio, a Ford Fiesta and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A352 in Dorset at 11:10 on Tuesday 15 July 2003. The 82-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio, the 71-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 37-year-old female driver of the Ford KA 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
- 15 Jul 2003
- Tuesday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.67262, longitude -2.24734, in the DT2 postcode district. The location was in the former Purbeck district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003553E03690
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 352
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2016.
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A352 in Dorset, 18 August 2016
30 m awayRef 2016551601879
Slight
Renault crash on the A352 in Dorset, 2 October 2006
64 m awayRef 2006556E04697
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A352 in Dorset, 22 June 2014
64 m awayRef 2014554D25150
Slight
Volvo XC40 crash on the A352 in Dorset, 21 December 2022
66 m awayRef 2022552201576
Serious
Peugeot Expert crash on the A352 in Dorset, 25 February 2025
92 m awayRef 2025552500201
Serious
Car crash on the A352 in Dorset, 25 September 1979
99 m awayRef 1979557912238
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford KA)
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 2003553E03690 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.