A323 crash in Rushmoor on 9 December 1986 at 21:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A323 in Rushmoor at 21:00 on Tuesday 9 December 1986. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity: Slight
Date: 9 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 21:00
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and taxi
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986440AA0409
Council area: Rushmoor
Police force: Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 323
Road type: Roundabout
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
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: Dark, lighting unknown
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
45 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 16, 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 1986440AA0409 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rushmoor road accident statistics for 1986.