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B3404 crash in Winchester on 1 December 1979 at 21:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B3404 in Winchester at 21:45 on Saturday 1 December 1979. The 18-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 1979
Saturday, 21:45
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0617, longitude -1.27647, in the SO21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Winchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979440CC0344
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3404
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 43 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 January 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1979440CC0344 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Winchester road accident statistics for 1979.