A348 crash in Dorset on 26 August 2024 at 13:14 involving a Nissan Juke
A Nissan Juke and a Lexmoto Venom 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A348 in Dorset at 13:14 on Monday 26 August 2024. The 40-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto Venom 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2024
- Monday, 13:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Juke and Lexmoto Venom 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77939, longitude -1.90888, in the BH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Longham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ferndown South, Dorset, BH22 9AB 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
- 2024552401011
- Council area
- Dorset
- Police force
- Dorset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Dorset (excluding Christchurch)
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 348
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 1990.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A348 in Dorset, 6 July 1990
14 m awayRef 19905590C1138
Slight
Car crash on the A348 in Dorset, 20 March 1985
14 m awayRef 1985558520860
Slight
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the A348 in Dorset, 30 May 2005
16 m awayRef 2005555E02403
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A348 in Dorset, 19 July 1997
31 m awayRef 19975597K3406
Slight
Skoda Karoq crash on the A348 in Dorset, 2 January 2025
40 m awayRef 2025552500007
Serious
Car crash on the A348 in Dorset, 15 February 1981
41 m awayRef 1981558120381
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Lexmoto Venom 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 40, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Lexmoto Venom 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
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 2024552401011 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 2024.