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C road crash in Dorset DT9 on 20 May 2005 at 16:14 involving a Volvo V70

A Volvo V70 and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Dorset at 16:14 on Friday 20 May 2005. The 49-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 May 2005
Friday, 16:14
Vehicles
2
Volvo V70 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94556, longitude -2.51796, in the DT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sherborne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherborne West, Dorset, DT9 3EX area accident hotspot. The location was in the former West Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005555W02232
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo V70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    2,435 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2005555W02232 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.