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Serious M3 crash in Eastleigh on 13 February 2004 at 14:09 involving a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle

A Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle crashed on the M3 in Eastleigh at 14:09 on Friday 13 February 2004. The 34-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Feb 2004
Friday, 14:09
Vehicles
1
Suzuki SV 650
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95872, longitude -1.39512, in the SO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams, Test Valley, SO16 7LH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastleigh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004440LA0120
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
3

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
92%
Estimated chance it was slight
8%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 May 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki SV 650

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    645 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)

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 2004440LA0120 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 2004.