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M27 crash in Fareham on 28 February 1997 at 16:27 involving a Triumph motorcycle

A car and a Triumph motorcycle were involved in a crash on the M27 in Fareham at 16:27 on Friday 28 February 1997. The 35-year-old male rider of the Triumph motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Feb 1997
Friday, 16:27
Vehicles
2
Car and Triumph
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86806, longitude -1.22973, in the PO15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whiteley.

Map of where the crash happened in Fareham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440HP0072
Council area
Fareham
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
27
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    885 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Triumph)

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 1997440HP0072 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fareham road accident statistics for 1997.