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Fatal unclassified road crash in Portsmouth PO4 on 24 September 1988 at 22:06 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle, a taxi and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth at 22:06 on Saturday 24 September 1988. The 24-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed and the 22-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Sep 1988
Saturday, 22:06
Vehicles
4
Motorcycle and 3 others
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79496, longitude -1.0699, in the PO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1988440VS0378
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 2011.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

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 1988440VS0378 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 1988.