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Serious unclassified road crash in Dorset DT4 on 17 January 2016 at 14:07 involving a Sym Jet motorcycle

A Sym Jet motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Dorset at 14:07 on Sunday 17 January 2016. The 16-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jan 2016
Sunday, 14:07
Vehicles
1
Sym Jet
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.61054, longitude -2.45635, in the DT4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westham, Dorset, DT4 0UB 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
2016551600169
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Sym Jet

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Tram or light rail track
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Sym Jet)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

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 2016551600169 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 2016.