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A353 crash in Dorset on 29 May 2014 at 17:25 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Citroen Berlingo were involved in a crash on the A353 in Dorset at 17:25 on Thursday 29 May 2014. A 57-year-old male passenger in the Citroen Berlingo and the 59-year-old female driver of the Citroen Berlingo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 May 2014
Thursday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Citroen Berlingo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.6487, longitude -2.45514, in the DT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Littlemoor & Preston, Dorset, DT3 5PJ 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
2014554D21500
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
353
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,868 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)

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 2014554D21500 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 2014.