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A31 crash in Dorset on 27 March 1991 at 17:20 involving a Fiat Ducato minibus

A Fiat Ducato minibus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A31 in Dorset at 17:20 on Wednesday 27 March 1991. The 54-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Mar 1991
Wednesday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Fiat Ducato and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83988, longitude -1.8112, in the BH24 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
19915591C0452
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 29 May 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Ducato

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Engine capacity
    1,971 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, 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 19915591C0452 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 1991.