Serious B3081 crash in Dorset on 15 July 2003 at 16:37 involving an Austin Maestro
A car and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on the B3081 in Dorset at 16:37 on Tuesday 15 July 2003. The 41-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro was seriously injured and the 33-year-old male driver of the car and a 33-year-old male 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
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Jul 2003
- Tuesday, 16:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Austin Maestro
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92178, longitude -1.94605, in the BH21 postcode district. The location was in the former East Dorset district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003553E03702
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3081
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2003.
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 25 July 2003
At the same spotRef 2003553E03948
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 23 December 2018
5 m awayRef 2018551801590
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 25 March 1992
10 m awayRef 19925592C0419
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 8 February 2002
10 m awayRef 2002552E00756
Slight
Van crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 9 September 1989
10 m awayRef 19895589C1532
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 16 May 1995
10 m awayRef 19955595K1819
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)
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 2003553E03702 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.