B3081 crash in Dorset on 19 September 2008 at 16:35 involving a Peugeot 308
A Peugeot 308 and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the B3081 in Dorset at 16:35 on Friday 19 September 2008. The 20-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 206 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Sep 2008
- Friday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 308 and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03747, longitude -2.27894, 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
- 2008558D04106
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3081
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2006.
Slight
Lorry crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 27 July 2006
10 m awayRef 2006556E03515
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 17 February 1997
14 m awayRef 19975597D0803
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 1 December 2002
14 m awayRef 2002552E06813
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the B3092 in Dorset, 3 March 2021
21 m awayRef 2021552100220
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B3092 in Dorset, 22 December 2008
22 m awayRef 2008558D05693
Serious
Hyundai Tucson crash on the B3092 in Dorset, 14 March 2025
24 m awayRef 2025552500284
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2008558D04106 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 2008.