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Serious M27 crash in Winchester on 18 July 2018 at 09:14 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the M27 in Winchester at 09:14 on Wednesday 18 July 2018. The 34-year-old male rider 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
18 Jul 2018
Wednesday, 09:14
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86787, longitude -1.22869, in the PO15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whiteley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southwick and Wickham, Winchester, PO15 6QY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Winchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018440270479
Council area
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
27
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
91%
Estimated chance it was slight
9%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    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 2018440270479 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Winchester road accident statistics for 2018.