Unclassified road crash on the Isle of Wight PO37 on 31 January 2015 at 11:03 involving a Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight at 11:03 on Saturday 31 January 2015. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2015
- Saturday, 11:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha WR 125 and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63451, longitude -1.17759, in the PO37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shanklin. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shanklin South, Isle of Wight, PO37 7AG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Wight
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440035392
- Council area
- Isle of Wight
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- 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, 43 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2011.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight, 25 July 2011
43 m awayRef 2011440312585
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight, 11 September 1984
52 m awayRef 1984440ZS0140
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3055 on the Isle of Wight, 10 August 1996
52 m awayRef 1996440ZD0806
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight, 25 November 1986
52 m awayRef 1986440ZS0305
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Wight, 4 June 2013
61 m awayRef 2013440203150
Slight
Car crash on the A3056 on the Isle of Wight, 29 June 1998
66 m awayRef 1998440ZD0565
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha WR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha WR 125)
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 2015440035392 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Isle of Wight road accident statistics for 2015.