Serious M27 crash in Fareham on 17 May 2008 at 19:35 involving a Honda CBR600RR motorcycle
A Honda CBR600RR motorcycle, a Honda Civic and a Rover 600 Series were involved in a crash on the M27 in Fareham at 19:35 on Saturday 17 May 2008. The 26-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR600RR motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 May 2008
- Saturday, 19:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda CBR600RR and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85931, longitude -1.15699, in the PO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wallington & Downend, Fareham, PO16 8RW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008440215567
- Council area
- Fareham
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 27
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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1995.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the M27 in Fareham, 19 January 1995
At the same spotRef 1995440HF0028
Slight
Fiat Strada crash on an unclassified road in Fareham, 13 July 1991
At the same spotRef 1991440HF0303
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A27 in Fareham, 22 July 1992
At the same spotRef 1992440HF0305
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the M27 in Fareham, 29 March 1990
At the same spotRef 1990440HF0188
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the M27 in Fareham, 6 November 2013
2 m awayRef 2013440420544
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the M27 in Fareham, 29 April 2014
4 m awayRef 2014440149123
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR600RR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 600 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR600RR)
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 2008440215567 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fareham road accident statistics for 2008.