B3143 crash in Dorset on 5 August 2018 at 18:43 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the B3143 in Dorset at 18:43 on Sunday 5 August 2018. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Fabia and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Fabia 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
- 5 Aug 2018
- Sunday, 18:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72206, longitude -2.42138, in the DT2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charminster St Mary's, Dorset, DT2 8PS area accident hotspot. 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
- 2018551801014
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3143
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Road sign or marking defective or obscured
- Carriageway hazards
- Permanent road signing or markings defective or obscured or inadequate
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2018.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B3143 in Dorset, 7 April 2018
1 m awayRef 2018551800437
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the B3143 in Dorset, 20 December 2017
1 m awayRef 2017551702000
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3143 in Dorset, 22 June 1991
2 m awayRef 19915591W0784
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3143 in Dorset, 1 April 2022
2 m awayRef 2022552200388
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3143 in Dorset, 22 April 1979
2 m awayRef 1979557910803
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the B3143 in Dorset, 21 November 1998
2 m awayRef 19985598W5990
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- 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 2018551801014 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.