B3390 crash in Dorset on 14 August 2016 at 19:13 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the B3390 in Dorset at 19:13 on Sunday 14 August 2016. The 54-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia and a 45-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Insignia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 2016
- Sunday, 19:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7189, longitude -2.28542, in the DT2 postcode district. The location was in the former Purbeck district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016551601846
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3390
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 July 2025.
Serious
Seat Leon crash on the B3390 in Dorset, 8 July 2025
2 m awayRef 2025552500919
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3390 in Dorset, 14 April 2017
3 m awayRef 2017551700623
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B3390 in Dorset, 8 May 2023
3 m awayRef 2023552300529
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3390 in Dorset, 1 June 2020
3 m awayRef 2020552000683
Serious
Alfa Romeo 156 crash on the B3390 in Dorset, 3 June 2016
3 m awayRef 2016551601140
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the B3390 in Dorset, 1 June 2018
4 m awayRef 2018551800647
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- 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 2016551601846 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.