B3067 crash in Dorset on 16 December 2002 at 16:05 involving a Honda motorcycle

Two Honda motorcycles were involved in a crash on the B3067 in Dorset at 16:05 on Monday 16 December 2002. The 51-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 was slightly injured. The location was in the former Purbeck district.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 16 Dec 2002; Monday, 16:05
Vehicles: 2; Honda and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2002552E07142
Council area: Dorset
Police force: Dorset

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 3067
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph
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 lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Honda
Motorcycle over 125cc
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
51 years
Engine capacity
1,098 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
10 years
Vehicle 2: Honda
Motorcycle over 125cc
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
51 years
Engine capacity
1,098 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
14 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 2002552E07142 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 2002.