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Serious A353 crash in Dorset on 29 August 2015 at 13:17 involving a Land Rover Freelander

A Land Rover Freelander and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A353 in Dorset at 13:17 on Saturday 29 August 2015. The 49-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Aug 2015
Saturday, 13:17
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Freelander and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.64657, longitude -2.42038, in the DT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Littlemoor & Preston, Dorset, DT3 6BY area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Weymouth and Portland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015551501010
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
353
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, 1 metre away, was a fatal crash on 11 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,795 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    49 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, 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 2015551501010 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 2015.