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A blue BMW 1-Series suffered extensive damage after it crashed off Hurn Road, between Matchams and Ringwood, at around 9.30pm on Saturday, September 16.
The young passenger died at the scene and her family have been made aware.
The three other people in the BMW were taken to hospital.
One is believed to have suffered serious injuries while the other two have minor injuries, police say.
Two men and a woman, all aged 18, were arrested on suspicion of driving offences.
Road closures were put in place as the police, ambulance and fire service responded and to allow for an examination of the scene.
Sergeant Mike Gatfield, of the traffic unit, said: “Our thoughts are with the family of the young woman who sadly died, and officers are supporting her family.
“We are conducting a detailed investigation to establish the full circumstances of this collision and I am keen to hear from any witnesses to the incident, or the manner of driving of the vehicle involved prior to it.
“I would also urge anyone who may have captured any relevant dashcam footage to please contact us.
“Finally, I would like to thank members of the public for their patience and understanding during the road closures, these are necessarily to allow the emergency services to respond and for an examination of the scene to be carried out.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk, via email at scit@dorset.pnn.police.uk or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55230147318.
Alternatively, independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously online at Crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling Freephone 0800 555 111.
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Wales has become the first country in the UK to roll out a default 20mph speed limit for most residential roads.
The scheme begins on Sunday and most roads in Wales that are currently 30mph have become 20mph although councils have discretion to impose exemptions.
The Welsh Government has said that cutting the limit from 30mph to 20mph will protect lives and save the NHS in Wales £92 million a year.
The RAC warned drivers not to rely on satnavs for the correct speed limit and instead follow the road signs.
Any motorist caught driving over 20mph but under 30mph will initially receive advice from the police rather than face a ticket, a minister said.
Lee Waters, deputy minister for climate change, told the PA news agency: “Very much the intention initially is to educate and to speak to people and not to fine but over 30mph we will be fining and issuing points.”
The minister said he expected it would take around a month for motorists to get used to the changes but said trials of the 20mph limits had shown a typical delay of between one to two minutes for an average journey.
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has defended the toll out of 20mph zones, saying they will save lives
“Most delay doesn’t occur because of speed, it could be because of delays at junctions and traffic lights,” he said.
“We’ve all been overtaken by an idiot only to find them one space in front of us at the lights.
“A business model that assumes on somebody driving a way that is dangerous is not a very good business model.”
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Councils have the power to change the default speed limit of any road locally but Mr Waters said some local authorities were rigidly sticking to the Welsh Government guidelines.
“The risk appetite of local authorities varies considerably,” he said.
“For example, the Vale of Glamorgan and Rhonda Cynon Taff have put in quite a few exceptions and exempted through roads.
“Other councils have not, and they are terrified to move away from the letter of the guidance.
“But I think confidence will grow and experience will influence that, and I think give it a year or two and it will settle down.”
Whilst I agree that 20mph is sensible outside heavily pedestrianised areas, such as schools, hospitals and care homes, the Labour Government’s blanket 20mph speed limit rollout across Wales is simply ludicrous
Andrew RT Davies
The project is costing around £33 million to implement and has proved controversial, with reports of the new 20mph signs being defaced in areas including Conwy, Gwynedd, Newport, Torfaen, Wrexham and Flintshire.
The Welsh Conservatives have opposed the scheme and tabled a motion in the Senedd to halt the rollout but were defeated.
A 20mph speed limit on all of Wales’s residential roads has come into force from today
(PA Archive)
They cited Welsh Government documents that estimate the cost to the Welsh economy of increased journey times from lower average vehicle speeds at anywhere between £2.7 billion and £8.9 billion.
They want to see more “targeted measures” rather than the introduction of the default speed limit with exemptions, and likened it to the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) in London.
Andrew RT Davies, the leader of the Conservatives in the Senedd, said: “Whilst I agree that 20mph is sensible outside heavily pedestrianised areas, such as schools, hospitals and care homes, the Labour Government’s blanket 20mph speed limit rollout across Wales is simply ludicrous.”
Natasha Asghar, the Welsh Conservative shadow transport minister, added: “Labour and Plaid Cymru have refused to listen to public opinion and are continuing to wage their anti-worker, anti-road and anti-motorist agenda.”
But organisations including Brake, Cardiff Cycling Campaign, We Are Cycling UK Cymru, Friends Of The Earth Cymru, Sustrans and Living Streets Cymru have signed a joint letter organised by the 20’s Plenty For Us campaign backing the rollout.
“It’s not just a road safety benefit. It also supports broader health, climate and societal goals such as helping the vulnerable to get about, improving social connection, reducing air and noise pollution, and more,” they said.
Dad of five Adam Watts was trying to restrain the powerful animal when it turned on him at Juniper Kennels in Kirkton of Auchterhouse, near Dundee in December 2021.
On Friday, Prime Minster Rishi Sunak announced plans to ban the dogs by the end of the year following a recent spate of attacks, including the death of 52 year old Ian Price in Walsall last week.
Emergency Services at Juniper Kennels in Auchterhouse. (Image: UGC MSN)
The Scottish Government have said they are considering a similar ban to bring Scotland into line with the rest of the UK.
Jayne Dendle, from Wales, got to know Adam over many years through her organisation Save Our Seized Dogs, and often placed animals with him.
Jayne said: “Adam would have been against any government ban.
“He would have taken the view that it is the owners and breeders not the dogs who are the problem.
“Adam worked with dogs that had a few issues and always turned them round into amazing animals.”
Police had placed the XL in Adam’s care for rehabilitation after it attacked two dogs in Dundee and bit a woman on the leg.
Jayne’s group is dedicated to assisting owners whose pets have been seized under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
She added: “Adam thought that every dog deserved a chance and would not have liked to a breed banned or put down as is being proposed.
“He would not have seen a ban as the solution
“People are contacting me to say they are now terrified that they will have to put their pets down when the ban comes into place.”
Jayne would like to see some compromise legislation where XL owners are required to have their dogs muzzled in public and kept on leads.
She added: “Adam never saw the wrong in the dog, he always thought each dog could be turned around.
“The public needs to be kept safe, but the ban is not the answer for doing that.”
Adam had run Juniper Kennels for 20 years and took in animals from the Scottish SPCA and Police Scotland, including dogs seized under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
The Sunday Mail attempted to contact his family in Dundee yesterday but was unable to reach them.
The attack by the XL bully left his sons orphaned after his wife was lost to cancer in 2013.
The dog was put down.
Its previous owner was banned from keeping animals for five years after he admitted to twice being in charge of an XL bully dangerously out of control.
Last night an owner of an XL bully type dog defended them.
Grandmother Jacqueline Bonner, 43, from Coatbridge, has two - Thunder and Violet - which she keeps in her home.
She said: “They should stop blaming the dogs and begin blaming the owners.
“There are no bad dogs just bad owners.
“I have two sons, 13 and 20, and they love the dogs.
“They are very affectionate and loving animals.”
She added: “I also have a one year old granddaughter who in my house all the time and I have no worries about her with the dogs.
“The dogs are fine with other dogs and owners when they are out walking and they never cause any bother
“We even get people coming up in the street and clapping them.”
XL bully dogs are to be banned. (Image: Shutterstock / Vicky1981)
A 42-year-old owner from Wishaw, who asked not to be named, said there are a large number of other XL owners in the housing estate where he lives.
He added: “My two dogs are fine and they have never shown any aggression at all to my son who is 13 and my eight nieces and nephews
“My son, who has Spina Bifida, is heartbroken that he may lose her.
“This ban is a knee jerk reaction to all the hysteria that is being worked up.
“The incidents are due to irresponsible owners who do not look after their dogs.
“If you keep your dog on a lead there should be no problem.
“Once you let the dog off the lead you are no longer in control and that is when the attacks happen.”
The XL is not recognised by the main British dog associations, such as the Kennel Club.
It can weigh more than nine stone (60kg) and is said to be strong enough to overpower an adult.
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* Hundreds of American XL bully dogs are for sale across Scotland - sometimes for thousands of pounds each.
The Sunday Mail found scores of them puppies being advertised for prices ranging from £500 to £5,000 each on sites like Gumtree and on social media.
An owner in Dunfermline was hoping to make £25,000 by selling five of them which were a rare blue colour.
One of the Guntree sellers was Jacqueline Bonner, 43, from Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, who is advertising seven puppies, five male and two female, at £1234 each.
She has two adult XL bully dogs Thunder and Violet.
Jacqueline has had a lot of interest since she put them up for sale several weeks ago but fears that will tail off with news of the proposed ban.
She added: “I am now concerned that might not be able to find a home for them.”
Yesterday it was revealed that one of the two dogs who killed Ian Price near his home in Walsall last week - a female- may have been bought as a puppy in Scotland.
The 30-year-old owner - who was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter - has posted pictures of his massive dogs on Facebook.
In one post he said: “I got her from Scotland, him from London.”
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A man has been arrested near Buckingham Palace after climbing the walls of the nearby Royal Mews.
The Metropolitan Police said officers at the palace responded to a person climbing the wall and entering the Royal Mews at 1.25am on Saturday.
A 25-year-old man was detained outside the stables in the Royal Mews following a search. At no point did the man enter Buckingham Palace or the Palace Gardens, according to Scotland Yard.
The man has been arrested under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act for trespassing on a protected site. He has been taken into custody at a London police station where he remains.
King Charles III was not present at the time, having been several hundred miles away in East Ayrshire, where he officially opened a farming and rural skills centre on the Dumfries House estate, a stately home which he helped save.
It comes several months after a man was arrested outside Buckingham Palace after throwing suspected shotgun cartridges into the palace grounds, police said, detaining him under the Mental Health Act.
The Royal Mews is responsible for all road travel arrangements for the King and members of the royal family, from horse-and-carriage to car and from livery to harness, according to the palace website.
The working stables house the 260-year-old Gold State Coach, used at State occasions such as the coronations of the King and his mother Queen Elizabeth II, and last year’s Platinum Jubilee.
The Gold State Coach is displayed at the Royal Mews
The Royal Mews is a working stables and is home to the royal carriages
(PA Media)
While the current Royal Mews, built in 1825, are situated in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, monarchs have had mews since King Richard II’s reign in the 14th century. For a century until Henry VII assumed the throne, they were housed at Charing Cross, where the National Gallery now stands.
Scotland Yard’s statement on the arrest said: “A man has been arrested in the Royal Mews area adjacent to Buckingham Palace.
“At 01:25hrs on Saturday, 16 September, officers at Buckingham Palace responded to a person climbing the wall and entering the Royal Mews. Following a search, a 25-year-old man was detained by officers outside the stables in the Royal Mews.
“At no point did the man enter Buckingham Palace or the Palace Gardens.
“The man has been arrested under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act for trespassing on a protected site. He has been taken into custody at a London police station where he remains.”
A man has been arrested near Buckingham Palace after police received reports of a person trying to climb the walls in the early hours of Saturday.
Officers said a 25-year-old was arrested under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act for trespassing on a protected site.
“Officers at Buckingham Palace responded to a person climbing the wall and entering the royal mews,” the Metropolitan police said. “Following a search, a 25-year-old man was detained by officers outside the stables in the royal mews. At no point did the man enter Buckingham Palace or the palace gardens.”
The royal mews, south of the palace gardens, contains the palace stables and the golden coach used for ceremonial occasions.
The Met said the man remained in custody at a London police station.
