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Unclassified road crash in Dorset SP8 on 27 August 2020 at 12:30 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dorset at 12:30 on Thursday 27 August 2020. The 48-year-old female driver of the Citroen Xsara and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xsara 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
27 Aug 2020
Thursday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Citroen Xsara
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03314, longitude -2.26938, in the SP8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4AA area accident hotspot. The location was in the former North Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020552000850
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Dorset (excluding Christchurch)

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2020552000850 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.