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Serious A3090 crash in Winchester on 20 December 2008 at 00:22 involving a Kawasaki ZX400 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX400 motorcycle crashed on the A3090 in Winchester at 00:22 on Saturday 20 December 2008. The 17-year-old male rider was seriously injured and a 17-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 2008
Saturday, 00:22
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX400
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05076, longitude -1.35383, in the SO22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Luke, Winchester, SO22 4ES area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008440562608
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
3090
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, no street lighting
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
95%
Estimated chance it was slight
5%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 December 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX400

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX400)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX400)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2008440562608 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.