B3081 crash in Dorset on 30 November 2014 at 11:55 involving a Mercedes CLK Class
A Mercedes CLK Class and a Mitsubishi were involved in a crash on the B3081 in Dorset at 11:55 on Sunday 30 November 2014. The 71-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2014
- Sunday, 11:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes CLK Class and Mitsubishi
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03826, longitude -2.28437, in the SP8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4AA area accident hotspot. The location was in the former North Dorset district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014554D49932
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3081
- 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
- C
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 2024.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 5 April 2024
9 m awayRef 2024552400667
Slight
Morris Minor crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 6 July 1994
22 m awayRef 19945594W2432
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 7 April 2009
22 m awayRef 2009559D01365
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 27 May 2014
51 m awayRef 2014554D21138
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 29 January 2016
55 m awayRef 2016551600324
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Dorset, 10 August 2002
67 m awayRef 2002552E04442
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLK Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,835 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi)
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 2014554D49932 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.