B3157 crash in Dorset on 9 December 2016 at 07:45 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the B3157 in Dorset at 07:45 on Friday 9 December 2016. The 58-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Custom van was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Dec 2016
- Friday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Ford Transit Custom
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63556, longitude -2.46812, in the DT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Radipole, Dorset, DT3 5FQ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Weymouth and Portland district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016551602774
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3157
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 July 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the A354 in Dorset, 7 July 1980
6 m awayRef 1980558011292
Slight
Dennis crash on the B3159 in Dorset, 7 April 2013
6 m awayRef 2013553D13397
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A354 in Dorset, 19 November 2004
27 m awayRef 2004554W05762
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A354 in Dorset, 29 March 1980
36 m awayRef 1980558010551
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A354 in Dorset, 7 May 2010
37 m awayRef 2010550D18621
Serious
Car crash on the A354 in Dorset, 29 January 1986
41 m awayRef 1986558610140
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit Custom)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2016551602774 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.