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Unclassified road crash in Eastleigh SO30 on 28 December 1998 at 13:02 involving a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle and a Skoda Felicia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Eastleigh at 13:02 on Monday 28 December 1998. The 39-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1998
Monday, 13:02
Vehicles
2
Yamaha YZF R1 and Skoda Felicia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92352, longitude -1.29626, in the SO30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hedge End.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastleigh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440TW0331
Council area
Eastleigh
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R1

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Felicia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R1)

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 1998440TW0331 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastleigh road accident statistics for 1998.