A397 crash in Portsmouth on 18 November 2016 at 19:15 involving a Honda CBR125R motorcycle
A Honda CBR125R motorcycle and a Hyundai i10 were involved in a crash on the A397 in Portsmouth at 19:15 on Friday 18 November 2016. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Nov 2016
- Friday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR125R and Hyundai i10
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84504, longitude -1.06887, in the PO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3FZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440436228
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 397
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 November 2018.
Serious
Van crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 27 November 2018
3 m awayRef 2018440443960
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 3 January 2025
3 m awayRef 2025440003715
Slight
Lambretta crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 7 December 2016
3 m awayRef 2016440461300
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 30 October 2019
4 m awayRef 2019440388588
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 14 January 2014
5 m awayRef 2014440015685
Slight
Car crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 24 June 1986
8 m awayRef 1986440CC0265
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai i10
Car
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR125R)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2016440436228 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.