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A31 crash in Test Valley on 31 December 1993 at 12:40 involving a BMW motorcycle

A BMW motorcycle and a Ford Scorpio were involved in a crash on the A31 in Test Valley at 12:40 on Friday 31 December 1993. A 15-year-old female passenger on the BMW motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1993
Friday, 12:40
Vehicles
2
BMW and Ford Scorpio
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99747, longitude -1.47313, in the SO51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Romsey.

Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993440LR0313
Council area
Test Valley
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    750 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Scorpio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BMW)

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 1993440LR0313 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Test Valley road accident statistics for 1993.