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Serious A27 crash in Eastleigh on 26 December 1990 at 18:58 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Saab 900 were involved in a crash on the A27 in Eastleigh at 18:58 on Wednesday 26 December 1990. The 21-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Dec 1990
Wednesday, 18:58
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Saab 900
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88343, longitude -1.29942, in the SO31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Locks Heath, Whiteley and Warsash.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastleigh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990440TL0193
Council area
Eastleigh
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
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
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 900

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 1990440TL0193 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastleigh road accident statistics for 1990.