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Unclassified road crash in Dorset DT1 on 18 December 2023 at 14:38 involving a Nissan Qashqai

A Nissan Qashqai hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Dorset at 14:38 on Monday 18 December 2023. The 78-year-old male driver and a 77-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 2023
Monday, 14:38
Vehicles
1
Nissan Qashqai
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71149, longitude -2.41734, in the DT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dorchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dorchester East, Dorset, DT1 1PF 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
2023552301547
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Dorset (excluding Christchurch)

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
31%
Estimated chance it was slight
69%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Qashqai)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Qashqai)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2023552301547 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.