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Unclassified road crash in Dorset DT9 on 7 December 2012 at 16:05 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on an unclassified road in Dorset at 16:05 on Friday 7 December 2012. A 16-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 2012
Friday, 16:05
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95319, longitude -2.52004, in the DT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sherborne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherborne West, Dorset, DT9 4FP area accident hotspot. 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
2012552D51518
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 104 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 2012552D51518 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.