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Serious A2030 crash in Portsmouth on 12 January 2016 at 00:25 involving a Suzuki GSF 1250 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSF 1250 motorcycle crashed on the A2030 in Portsmouth at 00:25 on Tuesday 12 January 2016. The 42-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jan 2016
Tuesday, 00:25
Vehicles
1
Suzuki GSF 1250
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83386, longitude -1.04375, in the PO6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Drayton and Farlington, Portsmouth, PO6 1SR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016440016399
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2030
Road type
Dual 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
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
27

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
95%
Estimated chance it was slight
5%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSF 1250

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,255 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSF 1250)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

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 2016440016399 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Portsmouth road accident statistics for 2016.