A351 crash in Dorset on 18 March 2020 at 15:11 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Renault Kadjar were involved in a crash on the A351 in Dorset at 15:11 on Wednesday 18 March 2020. The 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 36-year-old male driver of the Renault Kadjar were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Mar 2020
- Wednesday, 15:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Renault Kadjar
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70722, longitude -2.09936, in the BH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sandford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wareham, Dorset, BH20 7AG area accident hotspot. 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
- 2020552000405
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Dorset (excluding Christchurch)
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 351
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2023.
Slight
Honda crash on the A351 in Dorset, 3 November 2023
13 m awayRef 2023552301312
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A351 in Dorset, 11 March 2014
16 m awayRef 2014554D10245
Slight
Van crash on the A351 in Dorset, 16 June 1986
16 m awayRef 1986558610797
Serious
Rover 100 Series crash on the A351 in Dorset, 17 August 1996
20 m awayRef 19965596D3494
Slight
Bedford crash on the A35 in Dorset, 31 May 1991
20 m awayRef 19915591W0654
Slight
Car crash on the A3510 in Dorset, 15 June 1989
20 m awayRef 19895589W0834
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Kadjar
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Kadjar)
- 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 2020552000405 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 2020.