B3072 crash in Dorset on 17 December 2012 at 17:00 involving a Piaggio New Skipper motorcycle
A Piaggio New Skipper motorcycle and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the B3072 in Dorset at 17:00 on Monday 17 December 2012. The 21-year-old male rider of the Piaggio New Skipper motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2012
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Piaggio New Skipper and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80295, longitude -1.89084, in the BH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ferndown. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ferndown North, Dorset, BH22 9JF area accident hotspot. The location was in the former East Dorset district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012552D53247
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3072
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 February 1990.
Serious
Colt Hatchback crash on the B3072 in Dorset, 13 February 1990
10 m awayRef 19905590C0296
Slight
Car crash on the B3072 in Dorset, 13 March 1987
10 m awayRef 1987558720701
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3072 in Dorset, 8 December 1997
20 m awayRef 19975597K6194
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B3072 in Dorset, 2 November 2010
20 m awayRef 2010550D48305
Serious
Car crash on the B3072 in Dorset, 28 May 1985
20 m awayRef 1985558521698
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the B3072 in Dorset, 24 November 1994
20 m awayRef 19945594K4580
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio New Skipper
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio New Skipper)
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 2012552D53247 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.