Serious A31 crash in Winchester on 13 March 2016 at 13:40 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A31 in Winchester at 13:40 on Sunday 13 March 2016. A 12-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 51-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Mar 2016
- Sunday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0614, longitude -1.25949, in the SO21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Meon Valley, Winchester, SO21 1HZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440101984
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 31
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 92%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 8%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a fatal crash on 12 July 2020.
Fatal
BMW S 1000 crash on the A31 in Winchester, 12 July 2020
3 m awayRef 2020440257223
Slight
Nissan crash on the A31 in Winchester, 27 February 2011
12 m awayRef 2011440086199
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in Winchester, 5 September 1987
17 m awayRef 1987440OC0508
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in Winchester, 4 February 1985
17 m awayRef 1985440OA0014
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A31 in Winchester, 3 January 1979
17 m awayRef 1979440CA0002
Slight
Lorry crash on the A31 in Winchester, 30 August 1988
17 m awayRef 1988440OC0687
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 12, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2016440101984 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 2016.