A27 crash in Southampton on 20 September 2012 at 07:00 involving a Honda NSR125 motorcycle
A Honda NSR125 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A27 in Southampton at 07:00 on Thursday 20 September 2012. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda NSR125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2012
- Thursday, 07:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda NSR125 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93593, longitude -1.35381, in the SO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of West End, Eastleigh. 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 Southampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440370605
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 1992.
Slight
Datsun Cherry crash on the A27 in Southampton, 27 January 1992
16 m awayRef 1992440TB0053
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A27 in Southampton, 26 September 2009
16 m awayRef 2009440420974
Slight
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the A27 in Southampton, 2 June 2008
16 m awayRef 2008440240954
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on the A27 in Southampton, 31 August 2011
16 m awayRef 2011440371922
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A27 in Southampton, 22 August 2013
19 m awayRef 2013440317768
Slight
Renault 11 crash on the A27 in Eastleigh, 17 April 1995
19 m awayRef 1995440TW0059
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda NSR125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda NSR125)
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 2012440370605 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southampton road accident statistics for 2012.