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Fatal C road crash in Dorset BH20 on 29 March 1992 at 16:45 involving a Honda ST1100L motorcycle

A Honda ST1100L motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Dorset at 16:45 on Sunday 29 March 1992. A 41-year-old female passenger on the Honda ST1100L motorcycle was killed and a 43-year-old male passenger on the Honda ST1100L motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
29 Mar 1992
Sunday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Honda ST1100L and car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71545, longitude -2.22332, in the BH20 postcode district. The location was in the former Purbeck district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19925592W0397
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 May 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda ST1100L

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,099 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda ST1100L)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 41, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda ST1100L)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19925592W0397 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 1992.