Serious A31 crash in Winchester on 2 September 1985 at 15:35 involving a motorcycle
A vehicle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A31 in Winchester at 15:35 on Monday 2 September 1985. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Sep 1985
- Monday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08212, longitude -1.10912, in the SO24 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1985440OA0100
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 31
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2000.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A31 in Winchester, 21 December 2000
10 m awayRef 2000440OC1961
Serious
Car crash on the A31 in Winchester, 7 December 2006
89 m awayRef 2006440502465
Slight
Van crash on the A31 in Winchester, 30 November 1993
103 m awayRef 1993440OC0803
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A31 in Winchester, 18 June 1993
117 m awayRef 1993440OC0334
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in East Hampshire, 25 September 2020
165 m awayRef 2020440372072
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A31 in East Hampshire, 4 June 2010
166 m awayRef 2010440229081
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1985440OA0100 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 1985.