A34 crash in Winchester on 8 April 2022 at 13:40 involving a BMW 2 Series
A motorcycle and a BMW 2 Series were involved in a crash on the A34 in Winchester at 13:40 on Friday 8 April 2022. The 58-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 2022
- Friday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and BMW 2 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1086, longitude -1.34445, in the SO21 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022440138252
- Council area
- Winchester
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 2011.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A34 in Winchester, 20 May 2011
13 m awayRef 2011440210039
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A34 in Winchester, 25 December 2011
13 m awayRef 2011440538864
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A34 in Winchester, 26 August 2016
14 m awayRef 2016440320844
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A34 in Winchester, 2 July 2016
15 m awayRef 2016440245919
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 750 crash on the A34 in Winchester, 1 November 2015
18 m awayRef 2015440380036
Slight
Minibus crash on the A34 in Winchester, 21 April 1989
42 m awayRef 1989440OC0288
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,690 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022440138252 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 2022.