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Serious unclassified road crash in Winchester SO23 on 26 January 2003 at 20:20 involving a Honda SH50 motorcycle

A Honda SH50 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Winchester at 20:20 on Sunday 26 January 2003. The 20-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jan 2003
Sunday, 20:20
Vehicles
1
Honda SH50
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0612, longitude -1.30888, in the SO23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael, Winchester, SO23 8BS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003440OC0147
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 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
B
Second road number
3404

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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 20 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda SH50

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda SH50)

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 2003440OC0147 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 2003.