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Serious M275 crash in Portsmouth on 1 June 1996 at 05:45 involving a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle crashed on the M275 in Portsmouth at 05:45 on Saturday 1 June 1996. The 28-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jun 1996
Saturday, 05:45
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX600
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84097, longitude -1.08958, in the PO6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996440CC0266
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
275
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX600

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX600)

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 1996440CC0266 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 1996.