Serious C road crash in Dorset BH21 on 22 November 2012 at 21:11 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on a C road in Dorset at 21:11 on Thursday 22 November 2012. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Nov 2012
- Thursday, 21:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84962, longitude -1.8842, in the BH21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Three Legged Cross. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Moors & Three Legged Cross, Dorset, BH21 6RD area accident hotspot. The location was in the former East Dorset district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012552D49337
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3072
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1988.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3072 in Dorset, 15 August 1988
20 m awayRef 1988558831392
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3072 in Dorset, 13 November 1997
22 m awayRef 19975597K5654
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3072 in Dorset, 16 April 1983
22 m awayRef 1983558321094
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3073 in Dorset, 21 March 1995
22 m awayRef 19955595K1076
Slight
Daihatsu Charade crash on the B3072 in Dorset, 15 August 1994
22 m awayRef 19945594C2993
Slight
Volkswagen Lupo crash on the B3072 in Dorset, 31 July 2014
22 m awayRef 2014554D31381
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2012552D49337 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.