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Serious M27 crash in Fareham on 21 May 2019 at 11:35 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the M27 in Fareham at 11:35 on Tuesday 21 May 2019. The 60-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 May 2019
Tuesday, 11:35
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8668, longitude -1.18057, in the PO17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wallington & Downend, Fareham, PO16 8UD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Fareham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019440174471
Council area
Fareham
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
Slip road
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2019440174471 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fareham road accident statistics for 2019.