A350 crash in Dorset on 7 December 2016 at 06:33 involving a Honda CBR125R motorcycle
A Honda CBR125R motorcycle and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A350 in Dorset at 06:33 on Wednesday 7 December 2016. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2016
- Wednesday, 06:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR125R and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8207, longitude -2.1253, in the DT11 postcode district. The location was in the former North Dorset district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016551602651
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 350
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 1994.
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A350 in Dorset, 8 February 1994
5 m awayRef 19945594W0505
Slight
Van crash on the A350 in Dorset, 23 September 1984
13 m awayRef 1984558411437
Slight
Car crash on the A350 in Dorset, 17 March 2008
19 m awayRef 2008558E01219
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A350 in Dorset, 6 November 2006
27 m awayRef 2006556E05328
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A350 in Dorset, 6 May 1998
53 m awayRef 19985598E2195
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3500 in Dorset, 31 August 1989
53 m awayRef 19895589W1273
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR125R)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016551602651 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.