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Serious A338 crash in the New Forest on 17 February 1992 at 13:05 involving a Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle and an MG Metro were involved in a crash on the A338 in the New Forest at 13:05 on Monday 17 February 1992. The 25-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Feb 1992
Monday, 13:05
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX1000 and MG Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91186, longitude -1.78346, in the SP6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992440DF0011
Council area
New Forest
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
338
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX1000

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX1000)

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 1992440DF0011 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the New Forest road accident statistics for 1992.