B3081 crash in Dorset on 5 January 2013 at 08:05 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and two bicycles were involved in a crash on the B3081 in Dorset at 08:05 on Saturday 5 January 2013. The 45-year-old male cyclist and the 41-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2013
- Saturday, 08:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88244, longitude -1.88312, in the BH31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Verwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Verwood, Dorset, BH31 6HD 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
- 2013553D00664
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3081
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3072
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2022.
Slight
Qingqi QM 125 crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 8 December 2022
22 m awayRef 2022552300258
Slight
Yamaha YZF R125 crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 20 August 2012
22 m awayRef 2012552D34960
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 29 July 2020
26 m awayRef 2020552000828
Slight
Car crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 14 April 1986
122 m awayRef 1986558621239
Serious
Car crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 25 August 1988
163 m awayRef 1988558831451
Slight
Car crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 29 September 1983
206 m awayRef 1983558323028
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 45, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 41, on vehicle 2 (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 2013553D00664 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 2013.