A27 crash in Southampton on 26 November 2018 at 07:45 involving a Yamaha XJ6 motorcycle
A Yamaha XJ6 motorcycle, an Audi and a Hyundai i10 were involved in a crash on the A27 in Southampton at 07:45 on Monday 26 November 2018. The 20-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XJ6 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Nov 2018
- Monday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Yamaha XJ6 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93764, longitude -1.36466, in the SO18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bitterne Park, Southampton, SO18 3AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440442207
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 March 1986.
Serious
Lorry crash on the A27 in Southampton, 17 March 1986
8 m awayRef 1986440WP0129
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Southampton, 1 March 2010
11 m awayRef 2010440083332
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Southampton, 26 September 1983
38 m awayRef 1983440WP0480
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Southampton, 2 January 1979
61 m awayRef 1979440GT0007
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Southampton, 7 February 1982
61 m awayRef 1982440FP0055
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A27 in Southampton, 18 August 2013
63 m awayRef 2013440311217
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha XJ6
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- 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
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XJ6)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018440442207 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southampton road accident statistics for 2018.