Serious B3351 crash in Dorset on 11 August 2019 at 15:32 involving a Yamaha FJR 1300 motorcycle
A Yamaha FJR 1300 motorcycle and an Audi Q7 were involved in a crash on the B3351 in Dorset at 15:32 on Sunday 11 August 2019. The 62-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FJR 1300 motorcycle and a 61-year-old female passenger on the Yamaha FJR 1300 motorcycle were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Aug 2019
- Sunday, 15:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha FJR 1300 and Audi Q7
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63733, longitude -2.00616, in the BH20 postcode district. The location was in the former Purbeck district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dorset
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019551900799
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Dorset (excluding Christchurch)
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3351
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 September 2020.
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B3351 in Dorset, 13 September 2020
6 m awayRef 2020552001051
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B3351 in Dorset, 29 March 2016
14 m awayRef 2016551600687
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B3351 in Dorset, 27 July 2009
41 m awayRef 2009559D03018
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3351 in Dorset, 18 January 1999
156 m awayRef 19995599E0289
Serious
Volkswagen crash on the B3351 in Dorset, 11 November 2000
165 m awayRef 2000550E05726
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3351 in Dorset, 3 April 1980
170 m awayRef 1980558010598
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha FJR 1300
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q7
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 62, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FJR 1300)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 61, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FJR 1300)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019551900799 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 2019.