B3081 crash in Dorset on 12 December 2016 at 09:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Mercedes Vito van and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B3081 in Dorset at 09:30 on Monday 12 December 2016. The 64-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2016
- Monday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03832, longitude -2.29234, 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
- 2016551602742
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2024.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 24 May 2024
30 m awayRef 2024552400669
Slight
Car crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 22 September 1984
39 m awayRef 1984558411431
Slight
Volkswagen Touareg crash on an unclassified road in Dorset, 24 June 2020
39 m awayRef 2020552000702
Slight
Car crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 15 June 1988
54 m awayRef 1988558810763
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 1 October 2011
58 m awayRef 2011551D44650
Slight
Car crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 16 April 1987
104 m awayRef 1987558711088
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Vito
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2016551602742 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.