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A288 crash in Portsmouth on 4 February 1983 at 08:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A288 in Portsmouth at 08:30 on Friday 4 February 1983. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Feb 1983
Friday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81218, longitude -1.06458, in the PO3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983440RF0080
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
288
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 1983440RF0080 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 1983.