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B3390 crash in Dorset on 14 April 2017 at 14:12 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Mercedes B Class were involved in a crash on the B3390 in Dorset at 14:12 on Friday 14 April 2017. A 75-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra, a 38-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes B Class and a 40-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes B Class 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 Apr 2017
Friday, 14:12
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Mercedes B Class
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71893, 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
2017551700623
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
Give way or uncontrolled
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
30%
Estimated chance it was slight
70%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes B Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,991 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes B Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes B Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    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 2017551700623 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 2017.