A323 crash in Rushmoor on 29 December 1986 at 22:35 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A323 in Rushmoor at 22:35 on Monday 29 December 1986. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1986; Monday, 22:35
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986440AA0422
Council area: Rushmoor
Police force: Hampshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: A
Second road number: 324

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
36 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 18, 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 1986440AA0422 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.