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Serious A31 crash in the New Forest on 14 October 2017 at 10:44 involving a Yamaha YP 400 motorcycle

A Yamaha YP 400 motorcycle crashed on the A31 in the New Forest at 10:44 on Saturday 14 October 2017. The 48-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Oct 2017
Saturday, 10:44
Vehicles
1
Yamaha YP 400
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92024, longitude -1.59035, in the SO40 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh, New Forest, SO40 2NQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017440399210
Council area
New Forest
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
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
31

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
93%
Estimated chance it was slight
7%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YP 400

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    395 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YP 400)

    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 2017440399210 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the New Forest road accident statistics for 2017.