A31 crash in Dorset on 6 July 2022 at 09:26 involving a Citroen Relay van
A Citroen Relay van and a Peugeot 2008 were involved in a crash on the A31 in Dorset at 09:26 on Wednesday 6 July 2022. The 42-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 2008 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
- 6 Jul 2022
- Wednesday, 09:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Relay and Peugeot 2008
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78672, longitude -2.07188, in the BH21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lytchett Matravers & Upton, Dorset, BH21 4AA area accident hotspot. The location was in the former East Dorset district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022552201158
- 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
- 31
- 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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 1991.
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on the A31 in Dorset, 10 April 1991
12 m awayRef 19915591C0515
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A31 in Dorset, 1 February 2010
20 m awayRef 20105500D0421
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in Dorset, 19 December 1979
22 m awayRef 1979557925232
Serious
MG HS crash on the A31 in Dorset, 19 July 2024
25 m awayRef 2024552400828
Slight
Mini One crash on the A31 in Dorset, 29 April 2025
28 m awayRef 2025552500604
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A31 in Dorset, 8 April 2002
29 m awayRef 2002552E01812
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Relay
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 2008)
- 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 2022552201158 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.