Serious C road crash in Dorset DT9 on 18 November 2011 at 06:50 involving a Rover 45
A bicycle and a Rover 45 were involved in a crash on a C road in Dorset at 06:50 on Friday 18 November 2011. The 13-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Nov 2011
- Friday, 06:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Rover 45
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94999, longitude -2.5126, in the DT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sherborne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherborne West, Dorset, DT9 3EX area accident hotspot. The location was in the former West Dorset district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011551D52286
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3145
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 2016.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Dorset, 4 May 2016
4 m awayRef 2016551600935
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Dorset, 28 October 1986
10 m awayRef 1986558611583
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B3145 in Dorset, 25 March 1998
10 m awayRef 19985598D1415
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Dorset, 16 October 1986
10 m awayRef 1986558611521
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Dorset, 9 November 1987
10 m awayRef 1987558712182
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Dorset, 25 July 1987
10 m awayRef 1987558711574
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 45
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 13, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2011551D52286 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 2011.