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A30 crash in Dorset on 20 January 2000 at 17:05 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A30 in Dorset at 17:05 on Thursday 20 January 2000. The 35-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jan 2000
Thursday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94488, longitude -2.56663, in the DT9 postcode district. The location was in the former West Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000550W00362
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 January 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, on vehicle 1 (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 2000550W00362 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 2000.