B3081 crash in Dorset on 29 January 2016 at 14:32 involving a Kia Ceed
A Kia Ceed and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B3081 in Dorset at 14:32 on Friday 29 January 2016. A 12-year-old male passenger in the Kia Ceed was 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 Jan 2016
- Friday, 14:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Ceed and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03849, longitude -2.28507, in the SP8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham. 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
- 2016551600324
- 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
- Rural
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 2000.
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 1 March 2000
22 m awayRef 2000550E01006
Slight
Morris Minor crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 6 July 1994
33 m awayRef 19945594W2432
Slight
Car crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 9 January 1979
44 m awayRef 1979557910033
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 5 April 2024
52 m awayRef 2024552400667
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 30 November 2014
55 m awayRef 2014554D49932
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 7 April 2009
77 m awayRef 2009559D01365
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Ceed
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,591 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Ceed)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
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 2016551600324 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 2016.