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A348 crash in Dorset on 8 April 2004 at 18:30 involving a Volkswagen Jetta

A Volkswagen Jetta hit a pedestrian on the A348 in Dorset at 18:30 on Thursday 8 April 2004. A 42-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 2004
Thursday, 18:30
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Jetta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80008, longitude -1.89198, in the BH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ferndown. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ferndown North, Dorset, BH22 9JF 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
2004554E01663
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
348
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 28 June 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 2004554E01663 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.