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M3 crash in Eastleigh on 16 June 2001 at 13:19 involving a Cagiva Canyon motorcycle

A Cagiva Canyon motorcycle crashed on the M3 in Eastleigh at 13:19 on Saturday 16 June 2001. The 59-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jun 2001
Saturday, 13:19
Vehicles
1
Cagiva Canyon
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96246, longitude -1.38909, in the SO53 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eastleigh South, Eastleigh, SO53 3RB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001440LA0463
Council area
Eastleigh
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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 8 March 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Cagiva Canyon

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    904 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Cagiva Canyon)

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 2001440LA0463 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 2001.