A2047 crash in Portsmouth on 14 December 2016 at 19:50 involving a Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle and a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth at 19:50 on Wednesday 14 December 2016. The 39-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle and the 28-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2016
- Wednesday, 19:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSF 1200 and Yamaha Ybr 125
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80118, longitude -1.07731, in the PO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charles Dickens, Portsmouth, PO1 1BS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440471393
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2047
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 16 February 2012
1 m awayRef 2012440064739
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Ford Focus crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 3 October 2020
1 m awayRef 2020440384115
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 5 December 2023
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Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 13 August 2016
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Slight
Car crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 20 June 1990
3 m awayRef 1990440RF0386
Slight
Car crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 3 June 1989
3 m awayRef 1989440RF0378
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSF 1200
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,157 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha Ybr 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha Ybr 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSF 1200)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016440471393 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.