B3147 crash in Dorset on 30 January 2022 at 17:41 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the B3147 in Dorset at 17:41 on Sunday 30 January 2022. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Insignia and the 41-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Insignia were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jan 2022
- Sunday, 17:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70797, longitude -2.44124, in the DT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dorchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dorchester West, Dorset, DT1 1RU 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
- 2022552200345
- 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
- 3147
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 2009.
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on a C road in Dorset, 7 February 2009
2 m awayRef 2009559D00550
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the B3147 in Dorset, 14 August 2004
2 m awayRef 2004554W03962
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3147 in Dorset, 8 October 2006
2 m awayRef 2006556W04800
Slight
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the B3147 in Dorset, 25 January 2020
5 m awayRef 2020552000273
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B3147 in Dorset, 21 July 2003
8 m awayRef 2003553W03817
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3147 in Dorset, 9 March 1999
8 m awayRef 19995599W1139
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022552200345 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 2022.