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Serious unclassified road crash in Portsmouth PO3 on 23 November 1990 at 06:10 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth at 06:10 on Friday 23 November 1990. The 28-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Nov 1990
Friday, 06:10
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82533, longitude -1.04501, in the PO3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990440RF0708
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 November 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,812 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 1990440RF0708 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 1990.