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Serious unclassified road crash in Portsmouth PO1 on 20 June 1987 at 16:37 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth at 16:37 on Saturday 20 June 1987. A 16-year-old female passenger on vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 16-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jun 1987
Saturday, 16:37
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80378, longitude -1.08292, in the PO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987440KC0171
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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 18 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 1987440KC0171 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 1987.