A27 crash in Chichester on 10 June 1987 at 08:25 involving a motorcycle
Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A27 in Chichester at 08:25 on Wednesday 10 June 1987. The 20-year-old female rider of vehicle 1 and the 18-year-old female rider of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jun 1987
- Wednesday, 08:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84246, longitude -0.87763, in the PO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hambrook and Nutbourne.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198747YA70293
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 March 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 8 March 1980
14 m awayRef 198047YA00094
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A27 in Chichester, 3 June 1984
20 m awayRef 198447YA40284
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A259 in Chichester, 15 July 2002
32 m awayRef 200247K152593
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Chichester, 20 October 1986
32 m awayRef 198647YA60582
Slight
Nissan Cabstar crash on the A259 in Chichester, 8 September 1996
36 m awayRef 199647YA60636
Slight
Lorry crash on the A27 in Chichester, 22 August 1984
51 m awayRef 198447YA40491
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 20, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightFemale, 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 198747YA70293 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chichester road accident statistics for 1987.