A35 crash in Dorset on 25 September 2016 at 17:31 involving a Honda CBF125M motorcycle
A Honda CBF125M motorcycle and a Volkswagen Transporter van were involved in a crash on the A35 in Dorset at 17:31 on Sunday 25 September 2016. The 18-year-old male rider of the Honda CBF125M motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Sep 2016
- Sunday, 17:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBF125M and Volkswagen Transporter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71213, longitude -2.47775, in the DT2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Winterborne & Broadmayne, Dorset, DT2 9DL area accident hotspot. The location was in the former West Dorset district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016551602161
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 35
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2016.
Slight
Scania crash on the A35 in Dorset, 30 June 2016
3 m awayRef 2016551601369
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A35 in Dorset, 28 September 2020
3 m awayRef 2020552000904
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A35 in Dorset, 23 March 2016
5 m awayRef 2016551600655
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A35 in Dorset, 21 April 2025
10 m awayRef 2025552500420
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A35 in Dorset, 5 September 2004
23 m awayRef 2004554W04353
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A35 in Dorset, 13 May 2016
30 m awayRef 2016551601022
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBF125M
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Transporter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF125M)
- 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 2016551602161 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.