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Serious unclassified road crash in Dorset BH20 on 15 May 1989 at 15:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dorset at 15:40 on Monday 15 May 1989. The 5-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and the 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle 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
Serious
Date
15 May 1989
Monday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.69781, longitude -2.22862, in the BH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wool. The location was in the former Purbeck district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19895589W0673
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    87 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 5, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 19895589W0673 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 1989.