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Serious A339 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 22 May 2016 at 10:45 involving a Volkswagen Touran

A motorcycle and a Volkswagen Touran were involved in a crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane at 10:45 on Sunday 22 May 2016. The 25-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 May 2016
Sunday, 10:45
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Volkswagen Touran
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27559, longitude -1.11142, in the RG21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basingstoke. It is one of the crashes that make up the Norden, Basingstoke and Deane, RG21 6YH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016440191653
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
339
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
A
Second road number
340

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 slight injury crash on 27 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle, engine size unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Touran

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (engine size unknown), 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 2016440191653 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basingstoke and Deane road accident statistics for 2016.