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A35 crash in Dorset on 1 July 2018 at 14:18 involving a Mini Cooper

A Mini Cooper crashed on the A35 in Dorset at 14:18 on Sunday 1 July 2018. The 24-year-old female driver and a 5-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Jul 2018
Sunday, 14:18
Vehicles
1
Mini Cooper
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7536, longitude -2.34701, in the DT2 postcode district. The location was in the former West Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018551800835
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
35
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2018551800835 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 2018.