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A350 crash in Dorset on 23 March 2003 at 13:15 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Honda ST1100 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A350 in Dorset at 13:15 on Sunday 23 March 2003. The 56-year-old male rider of the Honda ST1100 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Mar 2003
Sunday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Honda ST1100
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85722, longitude -2.15, in the DT11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blandford, Dorset, DT11 7PJ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former East Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003553E01479
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
350
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3082

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda ST1100

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,084 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda ST1100)

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 2003553E01479 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 2003.