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Fatal C road crash in Dorset BH16 on 20 July 1998 at 20:40 involving a Kawasaki VN800 motorcycle

A Kawasaki VN800 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Dorset at 20:40 on Monday 20 July 1998. The 35-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki VN800 motorcycle was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Jul 1998
Monday, 20:40
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki VN800 and car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75169, longitude -2.08089, in the BH16 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
19985598E3563
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki VN800

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    805 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki VN800)

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 19985598E3563 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 1998.