B3390 crash in Dorset on 8 May 2023 at 15:33 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Honda CR-V were involved in a crash on the B3390 in Dorset at 15:33 on Monday 8 May 2023. The 19-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio, the 67-year-old female driver of the Honda CR-V and a 78-year-old male passenger in the Honda CR-V were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 2023
- Monday, 15:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Honda CR-V
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71894, longitude -2.28539, in the DT2 postcode district. 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
- 2023552300529
- 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
- 3390
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3390 in Dorset, 14 April 2017
2 m awayRef 2017551700623
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B3390 in Dorset, 14 August 2016
3 m awayRef 2016551601846
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3390 in Dorset, 12 January 2008
3 m awayRef 2008558E00190
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B3390 in Dorset, 2 October 2002
3 m awayRef 2002552E05490
Serious
Seat Leon crash on the B3390 in Dorset, 8 July 2025
4 m awayRef 2025552500919
Serious
Alfa Romeo 156 crash on the B3390 in Dorset, 3 June 2016
5 m awayRef 2016551601140
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CR-V
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CR-V)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CR-V)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2023552300529 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 2023.