A27 crash in Fareham on 4 December 2012 at 16:07 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A motorcycle and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A27 in Fareham at 16:07 on Tuesday 4 December 2012. The 43-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2012
- Tuesday, 16:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85987, longitude -1.25039, in the PO14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Locks Heath, Whiteley and Warsash. It is one of the crashes that make up the Titchfield Common, Fareham, PO14 4PP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fareham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440470733
- Council area
- Fareham
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2022.
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A27 in Fareham, 20 March 2022
12 m awayRef 2022440111229
Slight
Bus crash on the A27 in Fareham, 1 August 1985
20 m awayRef 1985440HP0169
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A27 in Fareham, 18 April 2002
25 m awayRef 2002440HP0157
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A27 in Fareham, 21 November 2017
25 m awayRef 2017440454654
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A27 in Fareham, 25 June 2008
48 m awayRef 2008440279716
Slight
Lorry crash on the A27 in Fareham, 14 July 1979
48 m awayRef 1979440HP0145
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 738 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2012440470733 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 2012.