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Fatal B2177 crash in Winchester on 22 December 2014 at 13:25 involving a Land Rover Defender

A Land Rover Defender and a Triumph Tiger motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2177 in Winchester at 13:25 on Monday 22 December 2014. The 37-year-old male rider of the Triumph Tiger motorcycle was killed and the 90-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Defender was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
22 Dec 2014
Monday, 13:25
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Defender and Triumph Tiger
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88564, longitude -1.13332, in the PO17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southwick and Wickham, Winchester, PO17 6BJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Winchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014440454933
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2177
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 September 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    90 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Tiger

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    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
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 90, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Tiger)

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 2014440454933 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Winchester road accident statistics for 2014.