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A31 crash in Dorset on 3 November 1983 at 17:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A31 in Dorset at 17:15 on Thursday 3 November 1983. The 58-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Nov 1983
Thursday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81002, longitude -1.87775, in the BH22 postcode district. The location was in the former East Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983558323461
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
347

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 October 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1983558323461 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 1983.