B3081 crash in Dorset on 21 October 2005 at 11:29 involving a Case IH agricultural vehicle
A Case IH agricultural vehicle, a Peugeot Expert van and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the B3081 in Dorset at 11:29 on Friday 21 October 2005. The 21-year-old male driver of the Case IH agricultural vehicle and the 71-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Oct 2005
- Friday, 11:29
- Vehicles
- 3
- Case IH and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0347, longitude -2.26852, in the SP8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4AA area accident hotspot. The location was in the former North Dorset district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005555E05094
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3081
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3092
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 December 2004.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B3092 in Dorset, 26 December 2004
14 m awayRef 2004554E06411
Slight
Citroen C15 crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 3 November 1998
14 m awayRef 19985598E5648
Slight
Car crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 14 June 1985
20 m awayRef 1985558510777
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 5 February 2011
20 m awayRef 2011551D05423
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3092 in Dorset, 22 September 2023
21 m awayRef 2023552301169
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B3092 in Dorset, 21 September 1994
22 m awayRef 19945594W3577
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Case IH
Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Expert
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, agricultural vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Case IH)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 400 Series)
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 2005555E05094 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 2005.