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Unclassified road crash in Portsmouth PO1 on 11 November 1987 at 08:00 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth at 08:00 on Wednesday 11 November 1987. The 48-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Nov 1987
Wednesday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79767, longitude -1.07197, in the PO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987440VS0443
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 May 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 1987440VS0443 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.