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A351 crash in Dorset on 3 August 2003 at 17:25 involving a Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle

A car and a Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A351 in Dorset at 17:25 on Sunday 3 August 2003. The 40-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle and a 27-year-old female passenger on the Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Aug 2003
Sunday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
Car and Yamaha FZS 600
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.68369, longitude -2.12524, in the BH20 postcode district. The location was in the former Purbeck district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003553E04085
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
351
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 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
A
Second road number
352

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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 August 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha FZS 600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha FZS 600)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha FZS 600)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2003553E04085 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.