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Serious A32 crash in East Hampshire on 6 January 1980 at 20:10 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A32 in East Hampshire at 20:10 on Sunday 6 January 1980. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 56-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jan 1980
Sunday, 20:10
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19529, longitude -0.98243, in the GU34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hampshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980440AT0004
Council area
East Hampshire
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
32
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 150 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1980440AT0004 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hampshire road accident statistics for 1980.