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A35 crash in Dorset on 19 December 2003 at 17:05 involving a Citroen AX

A Citroen AX and a Yamaha TW 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A35 in Dorset at 17:05 on Friday 19 December 2003. The 17-year-old female rider of the Yamaha TW 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2003
Friday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Citroen AX and Yamaha TW 125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73275, longitude -2.066, in the BH16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wareham, Dorset, BH16 6JJ area accident hotspot. 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
2003553E06753
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
35
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 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
3067

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha TW 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha TW 125)

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 2003553E06753 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.