B3145 crash in Dorset on 30 January 2025 at 11:33 involving a Suzuki Ignis
A Suzuki Ignis and a Kia Venga were involved in a crash on the B3145 in Dorset at 11:33 on Thursday 30 January 2025. The 25-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Ignis was 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
- 30 Jan 2025
- Thursday, 11:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Ignis and Kia Venga
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94367, longitude -2.51116, in the DT9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherborne West, Dorset, DT9 3EX 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
- 2025552500152
- 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
- 3145
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3145
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 April 2018.
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the B3145 in Dorset, 12 April 2018
2 m awayRef 2018551800440
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B3145 in Dorset, 27 July 1999
4 m awayRef 19995599W3434
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B3145 in Dorset, 3 January 2003
4 m awayRef 2003553W00073
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B3145 in Dorset, 6 June 2012
4 m awayRef 2012552D23033
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3145 in Dorset, 9 December 2003
4 m awayRef 2003553W06550
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3145 in Dorset, 15 October 2012
4 m awayRef 2012552D43441
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Ignis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Kia Venga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,591 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Ignis)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025552500152 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 2025.