A35 crash in Dorset on 23 July 2022 at 12:57 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207, a Peugeot 208 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A35 in Dorset at 12:57 on Saturday 23 July 2022. The 33-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2022
- Saturday, 12:57
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 207 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72549, longitude -2.40883, 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
- 2022552200865
- 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
- 35
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 1979.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A35 in Dorset, 20 September 1979
9 m awayRef 1979557912182
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A35 in Dorset, 28 January 2012
9 m awayRef 2012552D04045
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A35 in Dorset, 12 September 1997
11 m awayRef 19975597D4525
Serious
Car crash on the A35 in Dorset, 8 March 1983
23 m awayRef 1983558310297
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A35 in Dorset, 30 January 2023
27 m awayRef 2023552300270
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A35 in Dorset, 13 May 2005
29 m awayRef 2005555W02102
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022552200865 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.