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Serious A3066 crash in Dorset on 21 November 2024 at 18:06 involving a Honda CBR motorcycle

A Honda CBR motorcycle crashed on the A3066 in Dorset at 18:06 on Thursday 21 November 2024. The 39-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on an icy slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Nov 2024
Thursday, 18:06
Vehicles
1
Honda CBR
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82357, longitude -2.75485, in the DT8 postcode district. The location was in the former West Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024552401409
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
3066
Road type
Slip road
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, 95 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBR

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 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 2024552401409 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.