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Serious unclassified road crash in Eastleigh SO18 on 21 May 2009 at 06:24 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Eastleigh at 06:24 on Thursday 21 May 2009. The 61-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 May 2009
Thursday, 06:24
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93321, longitude -1.35062, in the SO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of West End. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bitterne Park, Southampton, SO18 3AD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastleigh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009440217485
Council area
Eastleigh
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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
93%
Estimated chance it was slight
7%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 2009440217485 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 2009.