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Serious A3 crash in Portsmouth on 23 September 1982 at 17:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A3 in Portsmouth at 17:40 on Thursday 23 September 1982. A 21-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Sep 1982
Thursday, 17:40
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79786, longitude -1.09609, in the PO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982440KC0232
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1982440KC0232 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Portsmouth road accident statistics for 1982.