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Serious A31 crash in Dorset on 18 August 2003 at 10:54 involving a Yamaha R6 motorcycle

A Yamaha R6 motorcycle, a Leyland DAF FTG 85 lorry and an Alfa Romeo were involved in a crash on the A31 in Dorset at 10:54 on Monday 18 August 2003. The 29-year-old male rider of the Yamaha R6 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Aug 2003
Monday, 10:54
Vehicles
3
Yamaha R6 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76452, longitude -2.20415, in the BH20 postcode district. The location was in the former North Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003553E04385
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha R6

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland DAF FTG 85

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Alfa Romeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,779 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)

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 2003553E04385 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.