A339 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 6 June 2001 at 21:00 involving a Yamaha R6 motorcycle
Two Yamaha R6 motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane at 21:00 on Wednesday 6 June 2001. The 32-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 and the 27-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jun 2001
- Wednesday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha R6 and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27765, longitude -1.07423, in the RG24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basingstoke. It is one of the crashes that make up the Popley, Basingstoke and Deane, RG24 9BP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001440BB0700
- Council area
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 339
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 33
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
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1999.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A33 in Basingstoke and Deane, 30 June 1999
At the same spotRef 1999440BB0738
Serious
Ford crash on the A33 in Basingstoke and Deane, 5 February 1997
At the same spotRef 1997440BB0146
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on the A33 in Basingstoke and Deane, 1 November 2000
At the same spotRef 2000440BB1390
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the A33 in Basingstoke and Deane, 5 December 1996
At the same spotRef 1996440BB1471
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A333 in Basingstoke and Deane, 27 September 2000
At the same spotRef 2000440BB1274
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A33 in Basingstoke and Deane, 9 October 2019
4 m awayRef 2019440361425
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha R6
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Yamaha R6
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha R6)
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 2001440BB0700 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 2001.