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B3081 crash in Dorset on 29 July 2020 at 23:42 involving a Mini Cooper

A Mini Cooper and an e-scooter were involved in a crash on the B3081 in Dorset at 23:42 on Wednesday 29 July 2020. The 50-year-old male rider of the e-scooter was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jul 2020
Wednesday, 23:42
Vehicles
2
Mini Cooper and e-scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88242, longitude -1.88274, in the BH31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Verwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Verwood, Dorset, BH31 6HD area accident hotspot. The location was in the former East Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020552000828
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
3081
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: E-scooter

    Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    E-scooter
    Vehicle was an e-scooter

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, on vehicle 2 (E-scooter)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    E-scooter
    Casualty was using an e-scooter

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 2020552000828 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 2020.