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Serious B3148 crash in Dorset on 23 August 1991 at 18:20 involving a Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the B3148 in Dorset at 18:20 on Friday 23 August 1991. The 20-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle was seriously 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
23 Aug 1991
Friday, 18:20
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX750 and DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95117, longitude -2.52198, in the DT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sherborne. The location was in the former West Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19915591W1116
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3148
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 serious injury crash on 28 February 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX750

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX750)

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 19915591W1116 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.