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Serious A35 crash in Dorset on 9 August 2000 at 14:49 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on the A35 in Dorset at 14:49 on Wednesday 9 August 2000. The 53-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Aug 2000
Wednesday, 14:49
Vehicles
1
Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7233, longitude -2.75649, in the DT6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridport. 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
2000550W03909
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
35
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,462 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 2000550W03909 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.