Serious B3163 crash in Dorset on 28 July 2012 at 18:52 involving a Daihatsu Sportrak
A Daihatsu Sportrak and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the B3163 in Dorset at 18:52 on Saturday 28 July 2012. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Jul 2012
- Saturday, 18:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Daihatsu Sportrak and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8019, longitude -2.71334, in the DT8 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012552D31124
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3163
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 46 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2015.
Slight
Car crash on the B3163 in Dorset, 18 February 2015
46 m awayRef 2015555999419
Fatal
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the B3163 in Dorset, 6 September 1994
81 m awayRef 19945594W3348
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3163 in Dorset, 17 November 2014
158 m awayRef 2014554D47849
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the B3163 in Dorset, 26 May 2024
165 m awayRef 2024552400612
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3163 in Dorset, 26 August 1979
175 m awayRef 1979557911959
Slight
Peugeot 305 crash on the B3163 in Dorset, 7 October 1990
175 m awayRef 19905590W1393
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Sportrak
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Sportrak)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2012552D31124 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 2012.