Serious B3398 crash in Test Valley on 4 December 2012 at 17:05 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3398 in Test Valley at 17:05 on Tuesday 4 December 2012. The 50-year-old male rider of the Triumph Bonneville motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Dec 2012
- Tuesday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Triumph Bonneville
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98848, longitude -1.49617, in the SO51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Romsey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Romsey Tadburn, Test Valley, SO51 8AG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440470874
- Council area
- Test Valley
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3398
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3398
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
- 92%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 8%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2001.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in Test Valley, 3 August 2001
6 m awayRef 2001440LR0257
Serious
Hyundai i30 crash on the B3398 in Test Valley, 21 May 2017
6 m awayRef 2017440190826
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the B3398 in Test Valley, 13 November 2014
7 m awayRef 2014440408259
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the B3398 in Test Valley, 29 August 2019
10 m awayRef 2019440306989
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3398 in Test Valley, 27 June 1985
11 m awayRef 1985440LR0190
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Test Valley, 18 May 1989
11 m awayRef 1989440LR0140
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Triumph Bonneville
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 865 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Bonneville)
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 2012440470874 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Test Valley road accident statistics for 2012.