Serious B3092 crash in Dorset on 21 July 2012 at 12:45 involving a Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle and a Nissan Terrano were involved in a crash on the B3092 in Dorset at 12:45 on Saturday 21 July 2012. The 35-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Jul 2012
- Saturday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSXR 1000 and Nissan Terrano
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00049, longitude -2.28756, in the SP8 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
- 2012552D30009
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3092
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 43 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2024.
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B3092 in Dorset, 7 December 2024
43 m awayRef 2024552401509
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the B3092 in Dorset, 22 October 1995
60 m awayRef 19955595D4184
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B3092 in Dorset, 10 July 1985
70 m awayRef 1985558510959
Fatal
Saab 900 crash on the B3092 in Dorset, 22 July 1994
80 m awayRef 19945594W2678
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the B3092 in Dorset, 2 October 2002
81 m awayRef 2002552E05493
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in Dorset, 16 April 2001
92 m awayRef 2001551E01914
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Terrano
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 1000)
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 2012552D30009 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 2012.