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A354 crash in Dorset on 7 October 2025 at 23:06 involving a Honda MSX125 motorcycle

A Honda MSX125 motorcycle crashed on the A354 in Dorset at 23:06 on Tuesday 7 October 2025. The 17-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Oct 2025
Tuesday, 23:06
Vehicles
1
Honda MSX125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.56598, longitude -2.453, in the DT5 postcode district. The location was in the former Weymouth and Portland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025552501179
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
354
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
354

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
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda MSX125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda MSX125)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2025552501179 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 2025.