Serious B3080 crash in the New Forest on 17 December 2013 at 07:29 involving a Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle crashed on the B3080 in the New Forest at 07:29 on Tuesday 17 December 2013. The 63-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Dec 2013
- Tuesday, 07:29
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki GSXR 750
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95293, longitude -1.68669, in the SP5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013440472273
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3080
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
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, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2009.
Slight
Rover 45 crash on the B3080 in the New Forest, 13 December 2009
63 m awayRef 2009440535955
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B3080 in the New Forest, 7 October 1979
139 m awayRef 1979440DF0094
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 16 October 1997
225 m awayRef 1997440DF0077
Slight
Car crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 3 February 1981
286 m awayRef 1981440DF0018
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 8 August 1998
404 m awayRef 1998440DF0055
Serious
Peugeot 309 crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 4 October 1997
404 m awayRef 1997440DL0238
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 750
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
- Hit object in carriageway
- Any animal (except ridden horse)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 749 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 63, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 750)
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 2013440472273 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the New Forest road accident statistics for 2013.