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Unclassified road crash in Winchester SO23 on 16 December 1997 at 18:40 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a BMW motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Winchester at 18:40 on Tuesday 16 December 1997. The 24-year-old male rider of the BMW motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 18:40
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and BMW
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0631, longitude -1.31541, in the SO23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winchester.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440OC1918
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: BMW

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    780 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1997440OC1918 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Winchester road accident statistics for 1997.