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Serious A3066 crash in Dorset on 12 December 2003 at 07:50 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova, a Ford Fiesta and a Ford Escort van were involved in a crash on the A3066 in Dorset at 07:50 on Friday 12 December 2003. The 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova and the 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort van were seriously injured and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 2003
Friday, 07:50
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Nova and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79939, longitude -2.74182, in the DT8 postcode district. The location was in the former West Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003553W06604
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3066
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)

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 2003553W06604 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.