B3351 crash in Dorset on 5 December 2008 at 08:45 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Vauxhall Movano were involved in a crash on the B3351 in Dorset at 08:45 on Friday 5 December 2008. The 18-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2008
- Friday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Vauxhall Movano
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63699, longitude -1.96688, in the BH19 postcode district. The location was in the former Purbeck district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008558D05366
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3351
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- C
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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 March 1980.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Dorset, 4 March 1980
22 m awayRef 1980558010398
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3351 in Dorset, 10 April 2012
28 m awayRef 2012552D14487
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the B3351 in Dorset, 3 July 2024
29 m awayRef 2024552400823
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3351 in Dorset, 22 October 2001
50 m awayRef 2001551E05581
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the B3351 in Dorset, 31 August 1999
50 m awayRef 1999559E04116
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the B3351 in Dorset, 14 January 1997
110 m awayRef 19975597D0228
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Movano
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,953 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
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 2008558D05366 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.