A35 crash in Dorset on 17 July 2016 at 18:42 involving a Ford Mondeo
Two Ford Mondeos and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A35 in Dorset at 18:42 on Sunday 17 July 2016. The 58-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, a 67-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and a 52-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jul 2016
- Sunday, 18:42
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Mondeo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71179, longitude -2.41857, in the DT1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dorchester East, Dorset, DT1 1PF 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
- 2016551601805
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 35
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 2012.
Slight
Land Rover crash on the A35 in Dorset, 29 June 2012
5 m awayRef 2012552D26628
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A35 in Dorset, 29 September 2006
10 m awayRef 2006556W04651
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A35 in Dorset, 4 July 2013
33 m awayRef 2013553D28232
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A35 in Dorset, 3 May 2002
34 m awayRef 2002552W02355
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A35 in Dorset, 24 June 2005
34 m awayRef 2005555W02873
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A35 in Dorset, 22 November 2002
39 m awayRef 2002552W06609
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- 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 2016551601805 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.