A354 crash in Dorset on 13 December 2013 at 15:40 involving a Ford Transit van
Five vehicles, including a Ford Transit van and two Vauxhall Astras, were involved in a crash on the A354 in Dorset at 15:40 on Friday 13 December 2013. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and a 42-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2013
- Friday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 5
- Ford Transit and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63724, longitude -2.46337, in the DT3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Radipole, Dorset, DT3 5FQ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Weymouth and Portland district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013553D52265
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 354
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 2013.
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A354 in Dorset, 4 April 2013
50 m awayRef 2013553D13057
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A354 in Dorset, 11 January 2019
52 m awayRef 2019551900043
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A354 in Dorset, 26 August 2025
55 m awayRef 2025552500982
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A354 in Dorset, 1 March 2014
71 m awayRef 2014554D08539
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A354 in Dorset, 16 July 2022
95 m awayRef 2022552200836
Slight
Alfa Romeo 147 crash on the A354 in Dorset, 2 October 2015
97 m awayRef 2015551500681
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 4: Peugeot 508
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 5: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, 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 2013553D52265 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 2013.