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A31 crash in Dorset on 5 March 2004 at 13:07 involving a Toyota Carina

A Toyota Carina and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A31 in Dorset at 13:07 on Friday 5 March 2004. A 71-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Carina and the 52-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 2004
Friday, 13:07
Vehicles
2
Toyota Carina and Ford Mondeo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78626, longitude -2.06721, in the BH21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lytchett Matravers & Upton, Dorset, BH21 4AA 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
2004554E01091
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
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,762 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

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 2004554E01091 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 2004.