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A35 crash in Dorset on 16 October 2022 at 20:35 involving a Hyundai Kona

A Hyundai Kona and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A35 in Dorset at 20:35 on Sunday 16 October 2022. A 58-year-old female passenger in the Mini Cooper was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a flooded slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 2022
Sunday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Kona and Mini Cooper
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74026, longitude -2.01729, in the BH16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lytchett Matravers & Upton, Dorset, BH16 5SU 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
2022552201223
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
Slip road
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
35

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Kona

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2022552201223 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.