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Serious A303 crash in Winchester on 26 July 2008 at 12:00 involving a Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle crashed on the A303 in Winchester at 12:00 on Saturday 26 July 2008. The 69-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jul 2008
Saturday, 12:00
Vehicles
1
Suzuki GSXR 600
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19056, longitude -1.25829, in the SO21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Winchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008440330520
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
303
Road type
Slip road
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 600

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 69, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 600)

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 2008440330520 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 2008.