A32 crash in Gosport on 8 March 2017 at 16:45 involving a Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle
A car and a Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A32 in Gosport at 16:45 on Wednesday 8 March 2017. The 20-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Mar 2017
- Wednesday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Suzuki GSF 600
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8172, longitude -1.15996, in the PO13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gosport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rowner & Holbrook, Gosport, PO13 0DJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gosport
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440087617
- Council area
- Gosport
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 32
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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 slight injury crash on 8 March 1988.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A32 in Gosport, 8 March 1988
3 m awayRef 1988440GG0135
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A32 in Gosport, 27 June 1994
3 m awayRef 1994440GG0269
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A32 in Gosport, 21 September 1993
3 m awayRef 1993440GG0369
Serious
Citroen Relay crash on the A32 in Gosport, 19 January 2021
7 m awayRef 2021440021288
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the A32 in Gosport, 25 November 2025
8 m awayRef 2025440532997
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A32 in Gosport, 9 February 1992
9 m awayRef 1992440GG0048
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSF 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSF 600)
- 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 2017440087617 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gosport road accident statistics for 2017.