C road crash in Dorset DT2 on 7 July 2009 at 08:20 involving a Fiat Brava
A Fiat Brava and a Fiat Ducato van were involved in a crash on a C road in Dorset at 08:20 on Tuesday 7 July 2009. The 20-year-old female driver of the Fiat Brava was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jul 2009
- Tuesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Brava and Fiat Ducato
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.69483, longitude -2.52029, in the DT2 postcode district. 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
- 2009559D02713
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2002.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Dorset, 2 October 2002
28 m awayRef 2002552W05475
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on a C road in Dorset, 8 January 2010
100 m awayRef 20105500D0103
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Dorset, 3 February 1981
156 m awayRef 1981558110148
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on a C road in Dorset, 18 December 2003
205 m awayRef 2003553W06749
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Dorset, 9 December 1985
340 m awayRef 1985558511804
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on a C road in Dorset, 28 December 2000
361 m awayRef 2000550W06685
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Brava
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Ducato
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Brava)
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 2009559D02713 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 2009.