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Fatal A325 crash in Rushmoor on 22 April 1998 at 17:00 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on the A325 in Rushmoor at 17:00 on Wednesday 22 April 1998. The 48-year-old male rider was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
22 Apr 1998
Wednesday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2662, longitude -0.763, in the GU11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440AA0514
Council area
Rushmoor
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
325
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    247 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 1998440AA0514 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rushmoor road accident statistics for 1998.