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A35 crash in Dorset on 30 August 2016 at 19:27 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A car and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A35 in Dorset at 19:27 on Tuesday 30 August 2016. The 28-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Aug 2016
Tuesday, 19:27
Vehicles
2
Car and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7434, longitude -2.03465, in the BH16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lytchett Matravers & Upton, Dorset, BH16 5SY area accident hotspot. 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
2016551602271
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
35
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
350

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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2016551602271 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.