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Serious A30 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 1 May 1997 at 20:55 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle crashed on the A30 in Basingstoke and Deane at 20:55 on Thursday 1 May 1997. The 27-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 May 1997
Thursday, 20:55
Vehicles
1
Honda
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25445, longitude -1.1025, in the RG22 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440BB0496
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
340

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 1997440BB0496 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basingstoke and Deane road accident statistics for 1997.