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B3085 crash in Wiltshire on 31 March 2012 at 10:28 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the B3085 in Wiltshire at 10:28 on Saturday 31 March 2012. The 38-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 2012
Saturday, 10:28
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19593, longitude -1.77027, in the SP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Durrington and Bulford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Durrington, Wiltshire, SP4 8BE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012542870912
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3085
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

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

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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,895 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 2012542870912 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 2012.