Serious B3081 crash in Dorset on 4 April 2019 at 15:48 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a goods vehicle were involved in a crash on the B3081 in Dorset at 15:48 on Thursday 4 April 2019. The 27-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Apr 2019
- Thursday, 15:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and goods vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85168, longitude -1.8174, in the BH24 postcode district. The location was in the former East Dorset district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019551900347
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Dorset (excluding Christchurch)
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3081
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 June 1999.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 3 June 1999
3 m awayRef 19995599E2535
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 23 October 2013
3 m awayRef 2013553D44627
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 8 January 2009
3 m awayRef 2009559D00108
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 20 October 2025
10 m awayRef 2025552501227
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 21 February 2000
10 m awayRef 2000550E00875
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 25 February 2014
13 m awayRef 2014554D08597
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Goods vehicle
Goods vehicle, weight unknown
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019551900347 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 2019.