Road closures for crashes in Dorset should be shorter thanks to new 3-D laser scanning technology being given to the county's police.

Roads Minister Mike Penning's announced that Dorset Police will get fifty-six thousand pounds for one of the high-tech scanners, which make a 3-D image of the crash site so investigators can map where vehicles are examine evidence, without painstakingly surveying various angles.

The Department for Transport says the gadget will reduce clear up times by an average 39 minutes.