A354 crash in Dorset on 2 September 2010 at 08:20 involving a Lifan LF 125 motorcycle
A Lifan LF 125 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A354 in Dorset at 08:20 on Thursday 2 September 2010. The 38-year-old female rider of the Lifan LF 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Sep 2010
- Thursday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lifan LF 125 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63982, longitude -2.47089, in the DT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upwey & Broadwey, Dorset, DT3 5BW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Weymouth and Portland district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010550D38485
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 354
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 1992.
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the A354 in Dorset, 7 August 1992
10 m awayRef 19925592W1036
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A354 in Dorset, 15 October 2003
10 m awayRef 2003553W05410
Serious
BMW K 100 RS crash on the A354 in Dorset, 27 August 1993
10 m awayRef 19935593W3361
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A354 in Dorset, 17 July 2004
10 m awayRef 2004554W03429
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A354 in Dorset, 28 July 1997
14 m awayRef 19975597J3583
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A354 in Dorset, 15 August 1991
14 m awayRef 19915591W1057
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lifan LF 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lifan LF 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 2010550D38485 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 2010.